On 1/21/06, Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +++ Thaths [2006-01-20 13:21:51]: > > But isn't running IE on top of Xover inherantly safer than running IE > > on Windows? I have not heard of malware being installed through IE > > running on Xover. OTOH, I have heard of lots of incidents where > > malware entering a Windows system through IE. BTW, I know we are > > talking about Outlook and IE. I use IE to illustrate the point that > > running Windows applications on Xover is inherantly safer than running > > the application natively on Windows. > Wine aims for bug for bug compatibility with Windows.. > > The recently discovered WMF vulnerability affected Wine users too... > > http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-09.xml > > So most IE specific exploits would work under wine too, so a worm that > exploits IE alone will be able to install and propagate itself.
I came across 'Running Windows viruses with Wine' (http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/25/1430222) this morning. Interesting reading. Thaths -- "Bart! With $10,000 we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things... like love." -- Homer J. Simpson ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
