[plug] viruses.?

[W.Kenworthy]

Lots on google: e.g., http://www.vnunet.com/news/1125594


Extract: "Another user commented: "Wine supporters have finally ported
the single most popular Windows application to Wine. It took a lot of
work and years of research and determined effort, but it can finally be
put to rest. Yes, thanks to the efforts of hackers worldwide, Linux is
now capable of running Virus programs designed for Windows.""

While this one was harmless, others may not be ...

BillK

On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 15:25 +0800, Senectus . wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:11:14 +0800, W.Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > There have also been reports of windows virii infecting linux machines
> > via wine - I think it was trojan listening on a network port!
> > 
> > Dont assume that just because it says "linux" on a bootup screen you are
> > immune ...
> > 
> Never would.. but even still, the damage would be quite limited if it
> did manage to infect in that manner...
> 
>