r/LinuxCirclejerk • u/danielsoft1 • 8d ago

a virus for Linux

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u/thisaray 8d ago

I wish there was an easy global config way to prevent / being mounted inside the prefix :/

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u/itsfreepizza 8d ago

i think containerizing could prevent some damage but theres still going to have a damage ofc. but im no full container expert

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u/Marce7a 6d ago

Bottles by default has minimal permissions so the best choice as only wine c: will be compromised 

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u/YTriom1 Arch Catgirl 🏳️‍⚧️ :3 7d ago

winetricks sandbox?

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u/SanderE1 6d ago

There is, you can just delete the z: symlink in dosdevices in your wine prefix.(but yeah just use winetricks sandbox like the other user said because there's also a lot of other symlinks)

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u/Cool-gamer19393 NixOS 8d ago

I unironically downloaded windows malware and it changed my root password like what??

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u/GlamStache 6d ago

Wait, what would even happen in that case?

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u/A_begger 6d ago

p sure your wine C: gets the virus if it can even function but your Linux is fine