Jeff Zaroyko <jeffzaro...@gmail.com> wrote: >In an interesting interview, former adware author Matt Knox mentions >that he was able to run his adware client on Wine: > >S: In your professional opinion, how can people avoid adware? >M: Um, run UNIX. > >S: [ laughs] >M: We did actually get the ad client working under Wine on Linux. > >S: That seems like a bit of a stretch! >M: That was a pretty limited market, I'd say. > One: This shows how well we run Windows programs. Two: The last comment should show how much respect we have in the community. Things have changed since the release of Wine 1.0, but we have a long way to go to be on every Linux desktop and most of the MacIntosh community.
However, we should attempt to block adware as a matter of policy? That is up to the Wine User Community and not based on the opinions of one or two people. I for one would like to see if this is possible and feasible. I do know that some of the virus testing community are using Wine as a Virtual Machine to see how much damage can be done by viruses in that environment. James McKenzie
