[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 64 bit apps

Ramnarayan.K ramnarayan.k at gmail.com
Thu Feb 14 15:12:59 GMT 2008


On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Mir Nazim <mirnazim at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Dinesh Uthayakumar <udinesh5 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Doesnt wine spread worms and viruses which are vulnerable on windows ?
> >
>
> Not sure about this one but would like to know more on this. A quick
> google gave me following:
>
> http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2005-January/016730.html
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=72598


whoah , thanks Mir, while i don't use wine its interesting to know tha
Windows Virus' can mess up while using Wine.

While linux by itself is not very vulnerable but can act as a carrier for
worms and virus' that affect Wincedows and Wine does work within linux  ,
its not like it is Wincedows itself.

for ubuntu this page is useful
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Linuxvirus


ram
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