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Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine

Posted by timothy on from the many-humans-do-the-same dept.

fsufitch writes "Wine has advanced enough to make Linux not immune to Windows viruses. However, just like many Wine applications, it takes a bit of effort to get the program off the ground. Also, just like some Windows programs running via Wine, not all features may work — in this case, the crippling of the system, immunity to the task manager, identity theft, etc."

2 of 343 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Shut up, you pedantic faggot.

  2. Re:Linux? by Ant+P. · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Mod parent AC up.