On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 04:04:09PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Mark writes: > > ...is it a correct statement to say that these spyware/malware/virus > > .exe type files that try to install on a given machine, are virtually > > useless against Debian systems unless the user logs in as root to > > allow installation? > > If they are Microsoft Windows ".exe type files" (which, AFAIK, they all > are) they are completely useless against Debian systems because they > will not run at all.
Unless you have Wine installed, then it may or may not run. Whether the
payload would be effective or not is another matter.
Cheers,
Tom
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