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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."

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  1. Re:marketshare by selven · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Or, alternatively:

    User: Oooh, I can download this to see dancing bunnies
    ->sudo apt-get install dancingbunniez
    OS: password required
    Malware:*infects system*
    OS:*pwned*
    User:*pwned*
    User: Hey, that wasn't very nice! I'm gonna report this package and no one downloading from repositories will be harmed by it again!
    Malware:*pwned*