On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:51:04 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 25 Dec 2004 18:52, deedee E wrote: > > > Wine is fully capable of executing Win32 viruses, Trojans, and > > worms. Don't run Wine as root after it is installed. Then, you > > won't hurt the overall Linux system, although you will still be > > able to really mess up your user stuff if a virus gets executed. > > > Is it vulnerable only when actually running a windows program, or vulnerable > by the very fact of being there?
As on a Windows system, the virus must be executed. So if your system is set up to automatically run Wine when a Windows executable is clicked on, then it will execute the virus just as it would execute any Windows program. Wine has to be installed and running for this to happen. The greatest potential risk occurs if you are running Wine while also surfing the web, because some things don't require any additional user involvement than going to an infected web site. Simply having Wine available on your system is not a problem. I use XWine to run Windows applications and cannot start Wine by clicking on a link to a file. I do that deliberately to ensure that no one can run a Windows executable without going through a few hoops first. I never leave Wine just running, but then I use it for only a few Windows applications. deedee Registered Linux User #327485 Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" http://www.wordstar2.com Also, see WordStar Users Group Community http://www.wordstar2.com/WordStar_Users/index.php -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10
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