04-05-2010, 05:33 PM
(04-05-2010, 05:10 PM)Elektrisk Wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but the malware still wouldn't work, even with Wine. For example, if a virus needs to write to the registry, there won't be a registry to write to. If it needs to modify system folders, they won't be there to modify, and so on.
Correct. Its not just the registry. And wine is virtual. Its like a VBox thats windowless (no pun intended) Also you have the protection Sudo gives you. Nothing is done unless you say it to.