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You hold no power here! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Doomguy1364@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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[-] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 92 points 1 year ago

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A still of Verne the turtle from the movie Over the Hedge looking around a fancy garden in wary confusion. Text at the top of the image reads "The Virus bundled in the sketchy Itch.io game running in a wine bottle." Subtitles on the image read "What is this place?"

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[-] everett@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago

They should implement karma on Lemmy, but just for you.

[-] faith@lemmy.ml 78 points 1 year ago

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

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Huh.. Did not know this.

[-] kabobglance@infosec.pub 28 points 1 year ago

To add to the other security conscious comments, even if you wanted to run a VM, there are attacks that escalpe the VM and hit the underlining OS

Computers are inherently insecure

[-] MTK@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

VM escape is really hard, wine is malware compitable

[-] kabobglance@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

Totally, difficult but by no means impossible. I think we should be cautious and have less hubris when it comes to computer security, that was my point

[-] nogrub@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

just to throw it out there linux still has viruses it's just not as targeted as windows because more people use windows. -a linux user

[-] sup@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Love Over the Hedge

[-] MTK@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Wine is malware compitable!

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11416-018-0319-9

[-] hch12907@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

But "wine bottle" implies running the program in a sandbox. Unless you aren't using Bottles in a flatpak.

[-] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org 5 points 1 year ago

Is there no website to check them before installing? Or it is not worth the time in Linux? Similar to VM or sandboxed system?>

Something similar to: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

I use it to check APK downloads before putting it on my phone.

Anyone know more about this?

[-] Doomguy1364@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can use virustotal for any game/file under 650MBs; This meme was created as a joke, good security practices should always be followed.

No anti virus will be 100% accurate, viruses get missed all the time, while legitimate software can acquire false flags.

I would never recommend just running a random .exe you find on the internet with wine as any non-root protected files could potentially be damaged; With Bottles (the application) all files outside of the created bottle are not visible to programs ran/installed inside the bottle.

If you really want to try something, throwing caution to the wind, running it in a wine BOTTLE that's created just for that program, has a low chance of damaging your computer. (This does not mean "safe")

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Especially if you have Bottles installed as the Flatpak.

[-] Doomguy1364@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Sand-boxing only works fully if you have the Flatpak; Thanks for mentioning this as I forgot to specify!

[-] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the meme!

Yeah, meme or not if I can learn something I will ask a question, hahahaha

Thanks for taking the time to explain it further!

Have an awesome day!

[-] Doomguy1364@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

No problem!

The pursuit of knowledge is endless; It's good to ask questions, but always do your own research too, as myself or anyone else could not know what they're talking about.

I hope you have a great day as well!

[-] Custodian1623@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You don't need to upload anything to virustotal, just hash the file and paste it in to the search

[-] sokz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Wiat, I just found itch.io yesterday.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

Just looking for indie games, right? Need a knockoff Metroidvania?

[-] sokz@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

No I was horny.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

Por que no los dos?

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

I like firejail

[-] Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi 0 points 1 year ago

Doesn’t wine app still have access to your home dir?

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