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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Downloading a virus has as much effect on Windows as it does on Linux and any other operating system: None.

Unless it exploits a security vulnerability with something that automatically touches the file. Like a virus scanner.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

or a thumbnail generator