Oh really... A cross platform virus?

John Whitfield john_whitfield at email.com
Wed Mar 28 10:49:22 EST 2001


A cross platform virus?  Interesting.  I'd guess it's theoretically possible
if the executable portion is interpreted rather than binary; the code logic
needs that in order to fork into different paths to execute on different
operating systems.

But before I'd take it seriously, I'd have to see more information about the
virus and less about their anti-virus product.

JMHO,
John Whitfield

------Original Message------
From: Christoph Doerbeck A242369 <cdoerbec at cso.fmr.com>
To: discuss at Blu.Org
Sent: March 28, 2001 2:23:22 PM GMT
Subject: Oh really... A cross platform virus?



This reads as "pretty lame" but I was wondering what others know
about this reported cross platform virus....

March 27, 2001: Central Command discovers the
first cross platform virus, W32.Winux

http://www.avx.com



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