<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Mir Nazim <<a href="mailto:mirnazim@gmail.com">mirnazim@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Dinesh Uthayakumar <<a href="mailto:udinesh5@gmail.com">udinesh5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > Doesnt wine spread worms and viruses which are vulnerable on windows ?<br> ><br> <br> </div>Not sure about this one but would like to know more on this. A quick<br> google gave me following:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2005-January/016730.html" target="_blank">http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2005-January/016730.html</a><br> <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=72598" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=72598</a></blockquote><div><br>whoah , thanks Mir, while i don't use wine its interesting to know tha Windows Virus' can mess up while using Wine. <br> <br></div></div>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. <br><br>for ubuntu this page is useful<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Linuxvirus">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Linuxvirus</a> <br><br><br> ram<br>