Re: flash.exe files
On 11/30/10 7:50 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Tuesday 30 November 2010 22:31:46 Hiisi wrote: >> Well, if I have wine installed (and my system is opened for windoze >> viruses) what should I use to open that flash.exe file? Firefox and >> flash-player for windoze? > Just open a terminal, type > > wine flash.exe > > and see what happens. :-) If it is a standalone program it should just run. > > Btw, I don't think your system is open for Windows viruses just by installing > wine. Typically wine has trouble running even legitimate programs made for > Windows (since it still doesn't translate *all* features of Windows OS into > Linux environment), let alone viruses which deliberately have "dirty" code and > use quirks, bugs and holes of the Windows OS. Typically wine cannot emulate > those bugs and holes so effectively as the original Windows :-) , so AFAIK > viruses would typically fail to run under wine. Of course, YMMV. Also, you > would need to be stupid enough to type "wine my-favorite-virus.exe" in the > terminal to actually run the thing, I doubt it would run as automatically as > in Windows... ;-) Then again, I might be wrong, I'm no expert on wine, just an > occasional user. Google Wine Virus and see what you get back. Remember, Wine is designed to be run as a normal user and what you can reach, it can too. However, work is ongoing to continuously improve Wine. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: flash.exe files
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:38:41 -0500 Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > Then its *not* a self-extracting ZIP archive. That doesn't mean it > isn't some other kind of self-extracting archive, or even some kind of > executable Flash program that I am not aware of One of the things windows KVMs and copy on write filesystems are good for. I can boot up the virtual machine, get the unknown program loaded, disconnect the network, then run the program in as isolated an environment as possible :-). If it screws up the windows machine, I can revert back to the original state of the qcow2 filesystem. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: flash.exe files
On 11/30/2010 06:17 PM, Hiisi wrote: > On windowz side clicking onto this file results in opening of flash > video with menu, links to different lessons, etc. > Here's the output of unzip command: > ]$ unzip start.exe > Archive: start.exe > End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not > a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the > latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on > the last disk(s) of this archive. > unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of start.exe or > start.exe.zip, and cannot find start.exe.ZIP, period. Then its *not* a self-extracting ZIP archive. That doesn't mean it isn't some other kind of self-extracting archive, or even some kind of executable Flash program that I am not aware of -- Kevin J. Cummings kjch...@rcn.com cummi...@kjchome.homeip.net cummi...@kjc386.framingham.ma.us Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: flash.exe files
ti, 2010-11-30 kello 18:01 -0500, Kevin J. Cummings kirjoitti: > On 11/30/2010 05:57 PM, Steve Searle wrote: > > I assume that it is a (Windows) executable file and you don't open in in > > anything - you just run it. Maybe it's a self executing zip file. > > If its a self-extracting zip file, then you should be able to read its > table with the linux unzip command > > > Steve > On windowz side clicking onto this file results in opening of flash video with menu, links to different lessons, etc. Here's the output of unzip command: ]$ unzip start.exe Archive: start.exe End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive. unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of start.exe or start.exe.zip, and cannot find start.exe.ZIP, period. -- Whoa...I did a 'zcat /vmlinuz > /dev/audio' and I think I heard God... -- mikecd on #Linux -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: flash.exe files
On 11/30/2010 05:57 PM, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 10:31pm on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 (UK time), Hiisi scrawled: > >> Well, if I have wine installed (and my system is opened for windoze >> viruses) what should I use to open that flash.exe file? Firefox and >> flash-player for windoze? > > I assume that it is a (Windows) executable file and you don't open in in > anything - you just run it. Maybe it's a self executing zip file. If its a self-extracting zip file, then you should be able to read its table with the linux unzip command > Steve -- Kevin J. Cummings kjch...@rcn.com cummi...@kjchome.homeip.net cummi...@kjc386.framingham.ma.us Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: flash.exe files
Around 10:31pm on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 (UK time), Hiisi scrawled: > Well, if I have wine installed (and my system is opened for windoze > viruses) what should I use to open that flash.exe file? Firefox and > flash-player for windoze? I assume that it is a (Windows) executable file and you don't open in in anything - you just run it. Maybe it's a self executing zip file. Steve -- Website: www.stevesearle.com Twitter: @ReddishShift Facebook: www.facebook.com/steve.searle 22:55:35 up 19 days, 11:19, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01 pgpz5YShNRWIe.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: flash.exe files
ti, 2010-11-30 kello 08:50 -0700, James McKenzie kirjoitti: > Wine is no less secure than any other program you run on your Linux > box > in USER space. However, the project highly recommends against > running > as a super-user. > > You might want to give it a go since you proved the program is > somewhat > secure. > > James McKenzie Well, if I have wine installed (and my system is opened for windoze viruses) what should I use to open that flash.exe file? Firefox and flash-player for windoze? -- Linux: Where Don't We Want To Go Today? -- Submitted by Pancrazio De Mauro, paraphrasing some well-known sales talk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: flash.exe files
On 11/30/10 1:04 AM, Hiisi wrote: > Hi, List! > Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's no way to run windows exe flash > movies under linux without wine? I have a foreign language video > tutorial packaged for windows users. On the course dvd there's all data > (video lessons, images and texts in xml format). Testing it under > VirtualBox windoze xp reveals that main executable (start.exe) opening > flash player with different menus and buttons. Without that it's > difficult to organize all that stuff in right order. However performance > of video under VirtualBox is very poor. And I don't want to install wine > on my machine. It would be a big hole in security. So, any suggestions? > TIA Wine is no less secure than any other program you run on your Linux box in USER space. However, the project highly recommends against running as a super-user. You might want to give it a go since you proved the program is somewhat secure. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
flash.exe files
Hi, List! Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's no way to run windows exe flash movies under linux without wine? I have a foreign language video tutorial packaged for windows users. On the course dvd there's all data (video lessons, images and texts in xml format). Testing it under VirtualBox windoze xp reveals that main executable (start.exe) opening flash player with different menus and buttons. Without that it's difficult to organize all that stuff in right order. However performance of video under VirtualBox is very poor. And I don't want to install wine on my machine. It would be a big hole in security. So, any suggestions? TIA -- Linux is obsolete -- Andrew Tanenbaum -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
