On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 06:45:15AM +0530, balaji sivanath wrote: > hi, > i installed wine for using my windows application,now exe files can be > run in ubuntu. if i insert pendrive which is having virus and > mistakenly if i ran it in wine,will the virus affect my system?
It could potentially affect Wine and the files it uses or has access to, but not the Linux installation. This reminds me of an old article which appeared on Linux.com: http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/42031 The best way to find out would be to actually insert the disk and see what happens! What's the worst which could happen (assuming you have backed up all your important files, which you should do periodically anyway). Kumar -- : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : bash tricks (#xx) LOST #416 Use the $_ alias in bash to save yourself typing the last argument of a command again. For instance: $ ls /path/to/directory $ rm -rf $_ # same as 'rm -rf /path/to/directory' ####[rory.winston (at) telewest.co.uk]######################## : _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
