Is it possible that an OS could be the one loading Linux, and thus would effect your Linux instance? edit: I used to get really paranoid after using Windows fo

Is it possible that an OS could be the one loading Linux, and thus would effect your Linux instance? edit: I used to get really paranoid after using Windows for an extended period of time. Still do sometimes, but learned to live with it. I feel like I have no control over what services are listening on 0.0.0.0, the firewall is completely unusable compared to iptables.