On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:38 AM, James Mckenzie jjmckenzie51@earthlink.net wrote:
Jeff Zaroyko jeffzaroyko@gmail.com wrote:
In an interesting interview, former adware author Matt Knox mentions that he was able to run his adware client on Wine:
S: In your professional opinion, how can people avoid adware? M: Um, run UNIX.
S: [ laughs] M: We did actually get the ad client working under Wine on Linux.
S: That seems like a bit of a stretch! M: That was a pretty limited market, I'd say.
One: This shows how well we run Windows programs. Two: The last comment should show how much respect we have in the community. Things have changed since the release of Wine 1.0, but we have a long way to go to be on every Linux desktop and most of the MacIntosh community.
However, we should attempt to block adware as a matter of policy? That is up to the Wine User Community and not based on the opinions of one or two people. I for one would like to see if this is possible and feasible. I do know that some of the virus testing community are using Wine as a Virtual Machine to see how much damage can be done by viruses in that environment.
James McKenzie
That really depends on your definition of Adware. What is adware to some, is vitally important software to others.
Besides, last I checked, Wine let's you "run Windows programs on Unix like OS's", not "run only safe and approved applications on Unix like OS's".