I'm a samba user, so, all the files that i have in samba mounts can be infected, but not the linux itself (i was thinking in a virus that infects files) ? "...Another example would be if you are using MS Word under wine or Win4lin on
your Linux box and open a word file which has a macro virus you would be in trouble. That said if you open the same file using openoffice it wouldn't be a problem as the macro cannot run. ..."
In this case, what could i do to terminate the virus ? Marco On Tuesday 02 September 2003 22:40, Graham Smith wrote:
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 07:26, Marco Oliveira wrote:
Hi there,
"...This is true to a point, but be aware that Windows Virus can cause problems
when using programs such as samba, wine or other software that provide services for Windows. ..."
Can you explain that, please ?
Thanks
If you are using Outlook via Wine for instance you would be possibly at high risk. This would only effect files and directories assessible to you on the linux machine.
Another example would be if you are using MS Word under wine or Win4lin on your Linux box and open a word file which has a macro virus you would be in trouble. That said if you open the same file using openoffice it wouldn't be a problem as the macro cannot run.
Also Samba mounts can be infected by Window machines accessing files on the server just as they would be effected on a Windows server.
I hope that explains my statement better.
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Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------