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For those who are wondering, yes, Wine is malware compatible so be careful about the EXEs you run!

https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Is_Wine_malware-compatible.3F

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[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 year ago

And anti cheat don't work..... Malware that gets into internals of windows probably fail like anti cheat

[-] Slotos@feddit.nl 23 points 1 year ago

It can still corrupt files. I knew that wine was the shut when I had to delete my wineprefix because Eve Online complained about corrupted file. Even better, a virus scanner would run and detect the malware.

[-] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

unless its just simple ransomware that will nuke your /home (or Z:\home) content if you don't sandbox it

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Windows version of rm -rf /* would work

[-] Chickerino@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

technically that is only true if the malware in question does something in the kernel or relies on an unimplemented wine api call, since a lot of malware is an infostealer or ransomware, its quite likely that it'll work just fine under wine

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