Fewer than 100 Steam users had the games installed when the malware was added, and they've been directly notified of the risk by email, according to Valve.
I just stumbled upon this post and I know its old as fuck but Proton doesnt sandbox. Windows syscalls will be converted to linux sys calls and can still be dangerous.
Rimworld is Linux native so you got nothing to worry about when it comes to Proton. Someone could make malware that specifically targets Linux though and distribute it with the Linux version but I doubt they would bother.
Are you certain it’s actually safe? There was a recent attack in which multiple Steam publisher accounts were hijacked to spread malware.
From the first paragraph of the article
Pretty sure Rim World is installed by more than 100 people.
yeah rimworld wasn't one of the games affected
Damn, never heard about this. Good thing my Steam doesn't autorun on startup
Anyone know if I should be worrying about this as a Rimworld player on the Linux version of Steam w/Proton?
Most likely not, most malware still exclusively targets Windows
Always wondered how the internals of Proton works, as far as what part of the Linux OS does it expose to its internal Windows sandbox.
Thanks for the reply/thoughts.
IIRC each game is treated as a separate whole windows installation, unless you've set it up otherwise manually
No I don't.
For Steam games I just let Steam do the install/setup.
For non-Steam games I use Bottles, and I use a different Bottles container/session for each game.
For the person who downvoted me, I wouldn't mind an elaboration/education?
Was it downvoted because the Linux internals are not exposed to the running app from inside the Proton Windows container?
I just stumbled upon this post and I know its old as fuck but Proton doesnt sandbox. Windows syscalls will be converted to linux sys calls and can still be dangerous.
Appreciate the answer, thanks.
AntiCommercial-AIlicense(CCBY-NC-SA4.0)Rimworld is Linux native so you got nothing to worry about when it comes to Proton. Someone could make malware that specifically targets Linux though and distribute it with the Linux version but I doubt they would bother.
Bit defender has removed all .exe's Because they could be viruses
This is why pc gaming will never be as appealing as console to me.
You know modern consoles can still get malware, right?