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
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".
--- On Wed, 14/1/09, James Mckenzie jjmckenzie51@earthlink.net wrote: <snipped>
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.
One thing I think would be useful would be an option to disable networking capability unless an application is known to need it. Other than that, it is quite difficult to characterise the kind of software behavior from malware - e.g. accessing H: ($HOME) or Z: ( root drive /) is quite useful for most windows software desirable to run under wine, so limiting access to files by drive area is a bit painful.
Just my thoughts... I dearly would like the option to temporarily or by-default disable networking for any applications under wine.
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