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minus-squarewizzim@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-215 hours agoDoes anyone have an idea what would happen if one runs a Windows virus with Wine ?
minus-squarewizzim@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-214 hours agoSome interesting answers. EDIT: even better.
minus-squareazha@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down5·15 hours agoCan only access Wine’s directory not your actual Linux files
minus-squarevoodooattack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 hours agoNope. With a stock wine prefix it can access anything you have the permission to access. Your FS root is mapped to the Z:\ drive by default.
minus-squarebreakingcups@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 hours agoThat’s just not true in many cases. It can usually access your home directory.
minus-squarewizzim@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-215 hours agoAnd the viruses that write themselves to the boot sectors of the hard drive?
minus-squareazha@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·15 hours agoThey simply can’t because its designed to do that on windows not on Linux because they are different. Plus use ClamAV and you should be good. (I am not an expert in this)
Does anyone have an idea what would happen if one runs a Windows virus with Wine ?
Some interesting answers.
EDIT: even better.
Can only access Wine’s directory not your actual Linux files
Nope. With a stock wine prefix it can access anything you have the permission to access. Your FS root is mapped to the
Z:\drive by default.That’s just not true in many cases. It can usually access your home directory.
And the viruses that write themselves to the boot sectors of the hard drive?
They simply can’t because its designed to do that on windows not on Linux because they are different. Plus use ClamAV and you should be good. (I am not an expert in this)