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Antivirus programs with Wine.
by giraffes_rule on Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:19 am
What if you're running WINE? Is an anti virus program needed?
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Re: Antivirus programs with Wine.
by viking777 on Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:26 am
Moved here by moderator.
It is best to start a new thread rather than add posts to 5 year old topics
BTW I think the answer to your question is yes, Wine runs windows executables and dll's so they can be affected by windows viruses. However they are very unlikely to transmit any infection to your Linux system although they could conceivably move onto Windows if you have a dual boot system (but then why would you need Wine?).
It is best to start a new thread rather than add posts to 5 year old topics
BTW I think the answer to your question is yes, Wine runs windows executables and dll's so they can be affected by windows viruses. However they are very unlikely to transmit any infection to your Linux system although they could conceivably move onto Windows if you have a dual boot system (but then why would you need Wine?).
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Re: Antivirus programs with Wine.
by remoulder on Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:27 am
[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.
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“The people are my God” stressing the factor determining man’s destiny lies within man not in anything outside man, and thereby defining man as the dominator and remoulder of the world.
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