Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:11:17 -0700 | From | J Sloan <> | Subject | Re: please kindly get back to me |
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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>Now that there are Linux viruses, maybe we also need an open source >virus scanner. > > Ah yes, the perennial "linux virus" scare - the anti virus labs are hard at work trying to drum up new business....
The thing with linux/unix "virii" is, they are actually for the most part trojans - they've been in labs for years, the problem is that there is no suitable transport vector!
You'd have to dupe an unwitting superuser (now there's a dangerous combination) into running the "virus" by hand - sort of like the "honor system" virus....
Joe
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