Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine 343
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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."
Re:marketshare (Score:3, Funny)
But for that matter, Linux doesn't have MS Office only because it's desktop share is next to nothing (not the same amount atleast, there are Linux office suites out too). Mac OSX has been getting more and more office suites lately as it's marketshare has been growing. So would Linux aswell if it ever gained more users.
As long as the OS isn't completely locked down from the user, there will be office suites. Windows, Mac, or Linux cant defend you from that. But none of us really want a locked down OS. And as long as the users are stupid their computers will get infected.
It's just about the marketshare.
FTFY
Just waiting for this e-mail (Score:5, Funny)
This is a lonesome linux virus. Please add
deb http://malware.server.ru/debian [server.ru] experimental non-free
to your /etc/apt/sources.list and excecute "apt-get my-first-virus" as root. Thank you very much vor your cooperation.
Linux on a bender (Score:5, Funny)
What do you expect when Linux gets drunk on Wine and wakes up with Windows it's bound to have caught something.
Re:Just waiting for this e-mail (Score:5, Funny)
non-free?
I only install FLOSS malware.
Hooray! (Score:2, Funny)
That's the problem with Wine... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Just waiting for this e-mail (Score:4, Funny)
Me too, I won't compromise my freedom just to be part of a botnet.
Free alternative: http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/evilmalware.html
Re:Just waiting for this e-mail (Score:3, Funny)
This is a lonesome linux virus. Please add
deb http://malware.server.ru/debian [server.ru] experimental non-free
to your /etc/apt/sources.list and excecute "apt-get my-first-virus" as root. Thank you very much vor your cooperation.
Yeah, I run Fedora...
Malware rise (Score:3, Funny)
Re:marketshare (Score:5, Funny)
If I was teh evil malwares writer, I would target OSX as its users have piles of cash. The trick would be to make your pop-up so beautifully coloured, shaded, animated and raytraced that the style-obsessed mac user would fill in his credit card details immediately.
Re:marketshare (Score:5, Funny)
Re:marketshare (Score:1, Funny)
I should clarify that "hacked by a google search" is in reference to the fact that he used google to find the vulnerable service on my server, then proceeded to actually attack me using said vulnerability.
Sorry, I just realized how silly that sounded...
sWine Flue (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Windows virus needs help to limp onto WINE (Score:5, Funny)
You want to know why Linux don't get viruses? You don't get the "Velma" users, that's why. I have a customer we have nicknamed the "walking disaster area" because she will click on ANYTHING that pretends to be a screensaver or comes from one of her friends email addresses, I don't care if the antivirus tries to throw itself between her and the .exe. Just as I had a customer that you could send him ANYTHING with the word 'lesbian" in it, and he would do what? yep, he would run it. .Exe, .VBS, you name it, all it had to do was have lesbian somewhere in the title.
So don't worry, you Linux guys get the "Velma" users I'm quite sure your good friends in Nigeria, the RBN, and China will be cooking up "happy_screensaver.sh" and "hot_lesbians_vid.sh" and the clueless will happily run it and spread bugs like the clap. Trust me, as a PC repair guy for more years than I care to count a good 999/1000 Windows bugs can be traced back to PEBKAC.