Wouldn't this be something a virus scanner would detect and quarantine?
Not an active Windows user, but I can't imagine any sane person working on Windows OS without malware protection.
Not an active Windows user, but I can't imagine any sane person working on Windows OS without malware protection.
If you don't install trojans, you don't need AV. If you do install trojans, switching OS won't help.
I'm not sure which is the trojan in TFA - the mooted malicious git binary, or the agent. I can't imagine any sane person letting an agent near anything they care about. All your keys are belong to us.
I guess you fell into a coma before Heartbleed, so here's what you missed: desktop OS security became irrelevant when otherwise-sane people started installing npm and buying smart TVs. And, latterly, giving shells to actors that have no ethics and no consequences.