alan c wrote: > Caroline Ford wrote: > >> alan c wrote: >> >>> >>> Think of scattering seeds of weeds on a concrete driveway. The seeds >>> will not flourish. Just like computer viruses and linux. >>> Just an experiment to verify this - download a windows .exe file, and >>> in ubuntu, try to run it - click, double click, whatever. It will not >>> run. Even if it was a virus it will not run. >>> >> It will if you have wine installed. >> > > Ah there is a message there somewehere! :-) > I doubt you can get a windows virus using wine though. As far as I know most viruses propagate through problems in outlook (express) and internet explorer. Using firefox and thunderbird cuts your risks significantly.. >> If you download an Ubuntu binary package and click on it it will open in >> gdebi, a package installation program. >> > > Whoops thanks. I am a kubuntu user and in kubuntu nothing happens - on > my install anyway. IIRC the (gdebi) package installation program > actually asks you if you want to install (?) > Yes and you need to give it a password too - it uses gksudo I think..
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