Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #309214
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 309214

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In , Joseph Smidt (jsmidt) wrote :

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121622 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121622 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.5

When you use Firefox in Linux, will try to open .exe files using wine. It would be nice if it made sure a virus was not being opened. This bug report is derived from a bug reported in Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/309214.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Find a virus with a .exe extension
2. Try to open it. (With wine)
3.
Actual Results:
Firefox lets wine install the virus

Expected Results:
Firefox does a good job keeping its users safe from bed things on the internet. It would be nice if it prevented wine from opening a virus.