Why Ransomware Attacks only Targeting Windows Users? - PC Security https://www.hackercombat.com/forum/pc-security/why-ransomware-attacks-only-targeting-windows-users/ Join Hacker combat Community to get aware of cyber security related Issues, Hacking News, and Hot general Topics. Get help from security support experts. en-US Sun, 17 May 2026 23:57:43 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Why Ransomware Attacks only Targeting Windows Users? https://www.hackercombat.com/forum/pc-security/why-ransomware-attacks-only-targeting-windows-users/#post-2033 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:01:10 +0000 No, that is a wrong interpretation of how ransomware works. Ransomware, most of them were developed with Windows in-mind, using standard Windows APIs to operate their encryption process. However, it is well known to infect Linux and MacOS with the Wine package installed. Wine is a translation layer to run Win32 apps in Linux and MacOS, installed by advanced users for them to continue Windows applications in their platforms.

However, the chances of a Wine-package to get infected by ransomware is very low, since advanced users don’t use the Wine translation layer as a root user. Only a root user can have a full control in the Linux and MacOS environment.

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