*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Public security bug reported:
This issue has already been reported in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/22404 but it seems nobody sees how important is this problem: I recently found that my flash disk was infected by the ¨New Folder.exe" and ¨scvhsot.exe¨ virus although I didn't use it in any Windows computer... In fact, I was surprised to discover that all the flash disks I put in my PC (where there is a Debian Lenny system) were infected. I think the system was also slower than it used to be. I found the problem and reproduced it on a notebook with a fresh Hardy and wine installed: when you double-click on a .exe virus, the virus is automatically run by wine and it resides silently in memory, slowing the system and infecting all the removable media it finds... I used to tell everybody that viruses aren't a problem with GNU/Linux, but it seems it's not so true! So now, when I install an ubuntu system for a newbie, I 'm facing the dilemma of choosing between the risk of virus infections and the inability of running the windows softwares... The solution would be simple but I tried and didn't find an easy way to disable the default behavior of nautilus to run clamtk instead of wine when a windows executable is clicked: it doesn't work... ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Visibility changed to: Public -- ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256880 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
