[Wine] Re: Wine and security, keeping viruses contained

[dimesio]

JerryQuest wrote:
> 
> I un-checked the check boxes, but why can Windows still place a link to a Windows program on my Linux desktop?


Because you can.

The only way I can think of to get the level of security you want would be to create a separate user account solely for running Wine. That account would have access to everything in its own home folder, but not your regular one.