Files are still at risk since the virus has _read_ access on them. As an example viruses replicate by reading mail adresses into files. --- James Hawkins <truiken@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > On 11/9/05, Hiji <hijinio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Oh, is that what you mean? Wine is at no risk for > > viruses, but theoretically, if a virus did work, > > wouldn't my own files still be at risk? Pictures, > > documents, etc. are irreplaceable (if not backed up), > > but an OS can still be reinstalled. > > > > I wouldn't say wine is at no risk, but I think the risk is small. If > a virus did work, then it's possible your personal files are at risk, > but even then, that's if the virus just destroys the files it > encounters, and most viruses don't do that. > > -- > James Hawkins > Kind regards, Sylvain Petreolle (aka Usurp) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Tired of a proprietary Windows on your computer ? Use free ReactOS instead ( http://www.reactos.org ) _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
