On 11/8/05, peter kostov <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, I have a question: > do I have to worry if I run with wine an executable that may contain a > virus (I am running linux as a normal user, not root)? > It shouldn't be a problem. Your .wine/drive_c *may* be infected, but even if that happens you can just rm -r .wine. I say *may* because most viruses rely on very specific internal windows behavior or bugs to latch onto the system, and it's possible we don't replicate whatever behavior the virus is expecting. I think it's fun to try running .exe's I know are viruses in wine, just to see if it will work. The only think that might be of concern is if H: is mapped to your home directory, which I think it is by default now. I'm not sure if the virus would be able to get out to your home folder and corrupt those files or not. One thing is certain, just to be safe, don't run as root like you said. -- James Hawkins _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
