Re: will this virus(W32.novarg.a) infect peopleusing wine in linux?

["Jeremiah Cornelius" <jeremiah () nur net>]

Well,

wine DOESN'T run or load a system with daemon listeners.
wine doesn't magically run executable files without the executable bit set


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Remko Lodder" <remko () elvandar org>
To: "Nico Golde" <nion () gmx net>; "full disclosure" <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:34 PM
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] will this virus(W32.novarg.a) infect peopleusing wine in linux?


> you sure that an wine emulated windows+outlook cannot be infected?
>
> since it emulates windows and 'offers' almost the same functionality
> as normal windows..
>
> cheers
>
> p.s i might be wrong, i dont know wine that good
>
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> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists elvandar org]Namens Nico Golde
> Verzonden: dinsdag 27 januari 2004 21:29
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> Onderwerp: Re: [Full-Disclosure] will this virus(W32.novarg.a) infect
> peopleusing wine in linux?
>
>
> Hallo Akash,
>
> * Akash Mahajan <akashm () myrealbox com> [2004-01-27 21:07]:
> > If someone executes an infected pif/scr file using wine in linux, will
> > the pc get infected?
>
> no
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