[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2010-12-27 Thread leighman
I also recently experienced problems with a virus via wine. Clamav integration would seem to be a much better solution than the executable- bit fiasco at the moment -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2010-12-27 Thread jan
Just as Microsoft is advising, it should be standard practice that within Wine a virus scanner is advised for users doing a lot of wine stuff. Has anyone tried to install virus scanners in Wine ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2008-11-27 Thread HoppingWombat
The problem is not with Ubuntu or Wine, but with Windows programs -- you would get the virus in them whether you were running Windows, OpenBSD, or Ubuntu. -- ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256880 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2008-08-20 Thread Scott Ritchie
(optional) ClamAV integration with Wine would be an interesting feature. ** Changed in: wine (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Status: New => Triaged -- ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256880 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2008-08-17 Thread Andreas Moog
** Changed in: wine (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => wine -- ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256880 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.

[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2008-08-13 Thread Norman Grahams
Wine becoming compatible with Windows up to a level viruses can run is certainly a feature - by implication that Wine is running well. Wine is not designed to distinguish what kind of program it runs, but to run it as the program intends. However I think this problem of viruses running should be

[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2008-08-13 Thread Norman Grahams
I wonder whether it can be solved simply, at least as a workaround, by running ClamWin in wine - probably with its complimentary real-time scanner? -- ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256880 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2008-08-12 Thread informiloud
** Description changed: This issue has already been reported in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/22404 but it seems nobody sees how important is this problem: I recently found that my flash disk was infected by the ¨New Folder.exe" and ¨scvhsot.exe¨ virus although I didn't use

[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2008-08-11 Thread Jan Van Buggenhout
I wouldn't put it as bluntly as the previous comment, but wine becoming compatible with Windows up to a level viri run sounds like a feature to me, not a bug. Plus, the viri will most likely not affect your ubuntu installation. Your assertion that virus infections aren't a problem on Linux is co

[Bug 256880] Re: ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses

2008-08-11 Thread steveacab
If you don't use the windows applications you don't take virus. the bug is resolved. -- ubuntu helps spreading windows viruses https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256880 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailin