On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:11:20 +0100 Martin Hinner <mar...@hinner.info> wrote:
> The problem is that some (almost all?) distributions simply execute > .exe file when you click on it. I was amazed when testing JTAGTest on > Linux! This is in my opinion quite big issue as ordinary users do not > have problem clicking on "New folder.exe" on their flashdisk etc. It's > good that wine is so compatible that it runs even viruses, but I think > there should be some (optional) protection. The biggest problem seem > to be removable media, in many distributions mounted under /mnt or > /media. Please think about this twice before writing "problem is in > Microsoft not in Wine", "it's not a bug but feature", etc. It's too > childish IMO. Why not make Wine honor the noexe flag on the mount?