Ya this is like a simple question about wine.. is that i got 2 operating system's so like i am wondering since .exe files can be opened so is my XP venerable to virus attacks?? i do mean even for the slightest bit .... "more" ??? if yaa.... whats the way to disable wine.... or is it auto disabled ?? :(........ but .... if an .exe runs (virus) then it will start wine and execute it.
balani123 wrote:> Ya this is like a simple question about wine.. is that i got 2 operating system's so like i am wondering since .exe files can be opened so is my XP venerable to virus attacks?? i do mean even for the slightest bit .... "more" ??? if yaa.... whats the way to disable wine.... or is it auto disabled ?? :(........ but .... if an .exe runs (virus) then it will start wine and execute it.Apps running in Wine can do anything the user can do, so if you have access to your XP partition as a normal user, so will any malware running in Wine. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-3cb8f054b33a63be30f98a1b6225d74e305a0459
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 23:05, balani123 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> whats the way to disable wine.... or is it auto disabled ?? :(........ but .... if an ?.exe runs (virus) then it will start wine and execute it. >If you are not using it, do not install it... ClamAV might help protect you against viruses under *nix...
but like i do want to use it but i just wanna know if their is a way to disable it until the time i want to use it.....?? is that possible ... cuz as you know opening an .exe files will execute wine,So is their a way to disable Wine ?? for example if i Run or Open an windows file i was thinking wine if their is an wat for it to ask me "Shall I use Wine To Run This App" (hope my English is not confusing sry)