Why is Linux less prone to virus infections than Windows machines?

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On Linux, system-related files are owned by the “root” superuser. If infected, viruses can be easily removed as they can only affect the user account where they were installed, and they do not affect the root account (if the computer has one – Ubuntu does not normally use a root account,...
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On Linux, system-related files are owned by the “root” superuser.If infected, viruses can be easily removed as they can only affect the user account where they were installed, and they do not affect the root account(if the computer has one – Ubuntu does not normally use a root account, most other Linuxes do) read less
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