Is Running a Known Virus via Wine Safe?
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CleverBee77
I've got a bit of a dilemma here. I know a certain .exe file is a virus, but I'm wondering if I can run it using Wine on my Linux system. Will the virus only affect the Wine environment, or could it still potentially harm my entire PC?
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Don't worry, there's no such thing as a stupid question! Honestly, I'm not entirely sure if running a known virus through Wine would be safe, so I wouldn't take the risk. If you really need to run that file, maybe consider doing it in a virtual machine instead. Also, I'm curious—why would you want to run a file you know is infected?
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