blibla@slrpnk.net to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 days agowindows virus from the game played through proton on linux finding itself on an empty c drivefiles.catbox.moevideomessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up11
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minus-squareTaasz/Woof@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoIsn’t your user data available in Wine on Z:\ though? I laughed at the meme but I’d still be worried info stealer malware or similar would have no problem grabbing the data it’s looking for as Wine does no sandboxing at all.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoyou can remove the Z drive letter, but that’s not enough. Nothing prevents a windows program from attempting to call linux syscalls
minus-squareTaasz/Woof@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoYeah, I’m sure some malware would fail on wine but some could still be just as bad compared to running windows natively.
Isn’t your user data available in Wine on Z:\ though? I laughed at the meme but I’d still be worried info stealer malware or similar would have no problem grabbing the data it’s looking for as Wine does no sandboxing at all.
you can remove the Z drive letter, but that’s not enough. Nothing prevents a windows program from attempting to call linux syscalls
Yeah, I’m sure some malware would fail on wine but some could still be just as bad compared to running windows natively.