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Considering most people in the world use Windows, dmg is pretty much irrelevant. They can only be opened/unpacked on Macs, so even if it contains a evil payload
by josteink 9y ago
Considering most people in the world use Windows, dmg is pretty much irrelevant. They can only be opened/unpacked on Macs, so even if it contains a evil payload you won't ever got to it on Windows or Linux.
Exe-files has much bigger impact and can be run through emulation on non-Windows systems.
I'd say exe is a much better choice.
- falcor84 9y agoMy mental pronunciation mechanism cannot stop reading "dmg" as "damage"
- dEnigma 9y agoSame for me. I guess that's what decades of playing with and reading about video games do to your brain ^^
- spiffworks 9y agoYou must be a Richard Herring fan.
- mikkohypponen 9y ago*Considering most people in the world use Android.
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- wingerlang 9y agoAs an OSX user, it is fairly amusing when some sketchy ad auto-downloads some "setup.exe" file.
- skocznymroczny 9y agoAs a Windows user, it's amusing when shady websites try to emulate macOS system dialogs, or Android ones.
- mamon 9y agoBut what if you do the same on Linux, with Wine installed? are you vulnerable the same way Windows users are ? I mean: Wine lets you just double-click exe file to run it.
- wingerlang 9y agoNo idea, however I doubt any Linux user with Wine installed would double click some random setup.exe that was auto downloaded.
- fredsanford 9y agoYou are dangerously underestimating stupid...