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To: Utilizer
An ".exe" or ".com" or the equivalent MicroShiite executable can not run on a 'nix environment.

Wine?

The whole concept of making files executable based on the filename is so incredibly lame. People have been paying for this one decision of microsoft for decades now.

Linux and Apple are far superior tech.

83 posted on 12/26/2013 8:01:12 AM PST by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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To: zeugma; miliantnutcase; NullPointerException; Utilizer; driftdiver

I just had a converstaion last night with a manager of a college computer science laboratory. he reports that their Linux and Apple systems were successfully attacked by the Cryptolocker ransomware. They restored their systems with backup images of the operating systems and with backups of the data files.

This Linux and Apple vulnerability to Cryptolocker is confirmed by search engine results, which include reports from a number of other college or university computer labs.

Some of these reports appear to claim Cryptolocker requires the user to open an infected file attachment in order to activated Cryptolocker. Such claims appear to be erroneous, because Cryptolocker seems to be infecting computers without the user having anything to do with e-mail and e-mail file attachments.


103 posted on 12/29/2013 5:47:32 AM PST by WhiskeyX ( provides a system for registering complaints about unfair broadcasters and the ability to request a)
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To: zeugma

Nobody using Wine now, we all Virtual Boxing.


105 posted on 12/29/2013 6:00:28 AM PST by Mycroft Holmes (<= Mash name for HTML Xampp PHP C JavaScript primer. Programming for everyone.)
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