Asking for a friend, how is gaming on linux with pirated games and the whole virus situation? About a decade ago I read that viruses could break out of the VM sandbox.
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Assuming you installed a virus through wine/proton, it's entirely possible for it execute if it has what it needs to run from the wine prefix.
Whether or not it can do any real damage depends on the virus, but there's nothing stopping it from getting access to anything your user can.