Such almighty Virus needs to be launched by the user (through wine?) then needs some hand-holding by someone (the user?).yeah that's very unlikely to happen, I'm no expert feel free to correct me This means the root directory of the drive does not have something set to auto-run when the drive is connected and/or the windows machine is configured to not auto-run drives (which is something I always do).Īssuming it has same security holes as WindowsĪssuming Wine does get windows viruses, Assuming that virus can escape & reach beyond WINE environment, then assuming that Virus is cross-platform enough to live & work in Linux ecosystem.Assuming It can molest (or come anywhere near) system directories. Windows executable files can be infected but there is no point in transferring them since they are not executable in Linux.Įven in Windows you can connect the drive provided it does not auto-run. You can transfer photos, videos, music, and any non-executable files and they should be safe.
If you just connect the drive to a Linux machine nothing bad will happen. I have some videos on it for example that I would like to transfer but I wonder if it is even safe to attach that hard drive.
What happens if I connect that drive now when I am using xfce 19? Will it auto transfer/infect my linux OS or would it only happen if I transfer some files my self? Let's assume it is full with malware, viruses, trojans and other things like that. I have an 2T external hard drive full with stuff when I was still using windows.
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