Scott Kitterman wrote: > > My initial thought to the is please, please, no don't do this. I waited a > couple of hours to reply and I haven't reconsidered. > > Once you make desirable Windows software easy to install, you've made all > Windows software easy to install. It seems the most common goal in > compromising machines these days is to use them as bots. Compromising a WINE > install is sufficient for that. Running A/V is not a solution on Linux any > more than it's consistently effective on Windows (every Windows box I've ever > been asked to remove a virus from had a virus scanner installed). > Not exactly - the wineserver must still be running, and it doesn't launch at startup (you have to do `wine boot` to run Windows startup items).
This, at the least, means that a Windows worm or trojan will not continue to run after logging out unless it was specifically designed to target Linux (say, by modifying bashrc.) Thanks, Scott Ritchie -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
