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SirCam on Linux via WINE

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the great-leaps-forward-in-emulator-technology dept.

illusion_2K writes "Another monumental step forward for Linux - the SirCam virus now works on Linux via WINE. ("With a few ommissions")" Allright I had to post it. Thats damn funny. We can emulate worms if we want to!

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  1. Description by mnordstr · · Score: 0, Informative

    The SirCam virus runs properly under WINE, with a few omissions. It does not properly create registry entries to make itself launch at boot. Also, it did not e-mail itself out to others, but that is partly due to not having Outlook installed under WINE at the time of testing. Thus I am not sure if this part of the program works correctly or not. What does work correctly is extracting the embedded document into your temporary folder.

  2. Re:Why is this important? by 1010011010 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seriously... whats up with this?

    Humor. H-U-M-O-R.

    "Haha, Linux has to run Windows viruses under emulation, otherwise it wouldn't have any."

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    Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.
  3. If I see another moron use "virii"... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...I will kick his or her ass. The proper plural for "virus" is "viruses". "Viri" and "virii" just make you look stupid. Please read this informative article for background information. Thank you.

  4. Not Quite by Jerry · · Score: 5, Informative

    While I noticed that SirCam infected email did fire my Wine program the results were a dud. The effect was that SirCam was exposed but not functional, and I was able to explore it's code without fear. There were no registries to infect, no exchange list to exploit, and the "hidden" trojans were easily seen and removed.

    SirCam it totally harmless on Linux under Wine.

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    Running with Linux for over 20 years!

  5. Re:[W]ine [I]s [N]ot an [E]mulator by mother_superius · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is also well-known as WINdows Emulator.

  6. Done that.. by sakusha · · Score: 4, Informative

    This has been a known problem for years amongst Mac emulator users. Virtual PC and other emus are suceptible to viruses just like on a native PC. I just run standard PC antivirus tools.

    One of the advantages of using Mac PC emulation, I can just make a backup copy of my PC volume, save that state, if I have a Windows problem I just ditch the corrupted volume and use the backup.

  7. We can emulate worms if we want to! by Nailer · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why emulate when Linux already has such a wide selection to choose from?

    * L10n

    * Adore

    * Ramen

    * Sadmind

    * Cheese

    They'll run faster and fully featured natively.

  8. Another historic milestone by dsplat · · Score: 4, Informative
    I can't believe that no one has posted a reference to the Jargon File entry for the bug-compatibility standard that WINE has now met:

    bug-compatible adj.


    [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossil s or misfeature s in other programs or (esp.) previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as a path separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0."


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    The net will not be what we demand, but what we make it. Build it well.