A lot of people say that you don't need #antivirus or #malware scanners on #Linux, because 'everything you need is in the repo', but when I hear stories about games being sold on #Steam that contain actual malware, it makes me wonder.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/07/steam-games-abused-to-deliver-malware-once-again

(And yes, I did manage to get a #Microslop Windows virus to execute in #WINE on a Linux VM install once, so it *is* a problem.)

Steam games abused to deliver malware once again

A cybercriminal managed to insert malicious files leading to info stealers in a pre-release of a game on the Steam platform

Malwarebytes