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Yes, you can virtualize, but I am not sure that solves a security issue that should be solved with training and spam filters.
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Despite a top brand Windows AV plus Proofpoint's protection against spam &amp;&nbsp;malicious email attachments &amp;<br />
URL defense with proxy blocking various categories of sites (eg: social netwkg, entertainment, public emails),<br />
we continue to get ransomware &amp;&nbsp; malwares, mostly via email attachments<br />
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Is there any chance that Outlook can be made to run on Linux as there are much less malware/ransomware<br />
that could run/exploit in Linux ... Fireeye told me. &nbsp;Also, I have seen many kids watching dramas from the<br />
malicious &nbsp;site gooddrama.net from their MacBook but they're never affected but my Windows laptop will be infected.
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Despite a top brand Windows AV plus Proofpoint's protection against spam & malicious email attachments &
URL defense with proxy blocking various categories of sites (eg: social netwkg, entertainment, public emails),
we continue to get ransomware &  malwares, mostly via email attachments

Is there any chance that Outlook can be made to run on Linux as there are much less malware/ransomware
that could run/exploit in Linux ... Fireeye told me.  Also, I have seen many kids watching dramas from the
malicious  site gooddrama.net from their MacBook but they're never affected but my Windows laptop will be infected.

Possibility of Outlook running on Linux

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.

Outlook

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

Linux

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.

Anti-Virus Apps

Operating system security (OS security) is the process of ensuring OS integrity, confidentiality and availability. OS security refers to specified steps or measures used to protect the OS from threats, viruses, worms, malware or remote hacker intrusions. OS security encompasses all preventive-control techniques, which safeguard any computer assets capable of being stolen, edited or deleted if OS security is compromised, including authentication, passwords and threats to systems and programs.

OS Security

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.