[Bug 11421] Wine makes possible for windows virus to work?

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Thu Jan 31 15:38:02 CST 2008


http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11421


Stefan Dösinger <stefandoesinger at gmx.at> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |stefandoesinger at gmx.at
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




--- Comment #1 from Stefan Dösinger <stefandoesinger at gmx.at>  2008-01-31 15:38:01 ---
You're right on all points. Even more than that, a windows virus can do any
Linux syscall via INT 0x80. So even without the Z:\ drive a Windows Virus
running in Wine can do everything a Linux application running on the same
account can do.

This is not a bug though. This is a consequence of how Wine works. Wine is not
a security sandbox. If you want to protect yourself against Windows viruses use
any Linux or Windows based security software. For example, run Windows apps as
a normal user, not root, and your Linux system can't be hurt. Run Windows apps
in a chroot environment and they won't be able to access your data.


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