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    [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I'm not clicking that link

    [–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Why? You don't wanna know how well WannaCry runs via Wine? The site is perfectly harmless.

    [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Sounds like something someone trying to put WannaCry on my computer would say...

    [–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    But you do know what wine and winehq is, right?

    [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    You'll never know.

    [–] Hupf@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

    Looks like you're not one of the lucky ten thousand today.

    [–] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

    It's just an entry in Wine's AppDB, where they keep track of how well apps run on wine. Like ProtonDB, but for general applications.

    [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Whole bunch of people trying to get me to click this sus link...

    You're never gonna do it.

    I cast Millennial Paranoia, BOOMERS.

    GO BACK TO YOUR CHAIN EMAILS

    [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Jesus, the downvotes! Well, I thought it was funny! πŸ˜‚

    [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

    If you comment in Programmer Humor, you have to accept that a lot of the community has problems detecting irony.

    [–] Blemgo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

    I do get that one wants to be careful when it comes to viruses, but just outright not believing others without doing your own research is just as harmful as blindly believing in something. If you don't have precautions against websites running malicious code (e.g. ublock origin), you're already treading on dangerous ground regardless. Doubly so if you don't make snapshots.

    If you really want to be paranoid you can also click the link inside a USB image, or a sandbox. I would however advise doing research on winehq.org if you are running Linux, since it's generally a good resource for running Windows apps.

    [–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

    Wine is a tool that lets you run Windows programs on Linux or MacOS and WineHQ is a database of how well certain programs or games work with it

    [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    It's just to WineHQ's AppDb, it just describes how well stuff works with Wine. It's similar to the newer ProtonDB. Someone tested the WannaCry/WannaCrypt malware with Wine for the hell of it.