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alexlopus
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Virus for wine

Post by alexlopus »

Please!!
I would now if it's possible windows's virus in Linux by wine!!
David Gerard

Virus for wine

Post by David Gerard »

2009/8/4 alexlopus <[email protected]>:
Please!!
I would now if it's possible windows's  virus in Linux by wine!!
Some Windows malware will run to some extent. Wine is that good an
imitation of Windows!

Some people even use this to test and analyse Windows malware on Wine:

http://zerowine.sourceforge.net/
http://www.wine-reviews.net/wine-review ... ernet.html

If you want to run an antivirus, most Linux distros include ClamAV if
you want to install it. Unlike on Windows, it doesn't cripple your
machine by taking up half the CPU at all times!


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Re: Virus for wine

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alexlopus wrote:I would now if it's possible windows's virus in Linux by wine!!
Assuming you wanted to ask a question not to make a statement, yes some windows viruses can and do work on Wine.
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