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For those who are wondering, yes, Wine is malware compatible so be careful about the EXEs you run!

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

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those servers have teams of trained individuals whose job is to secure them and keep them bulletproof. It's a bit different from grandma downloading random crap on her Linux mint desktop to be fair.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, I agree with that - although you might be surprised how many of them don't. But that's kind of the point, web servers are massive targets for virus development, and yet even grandma's Linux Mint still doesn't get viruses that often.