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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:29:58 -0400 "Johannes B. Ullrich" <jullrich at sans.org> wrote: > > > While most affect Windows systems, there are Unix, Linux and Mac > > worms and viruses, and the first worm in 1988 was indeed a Unix > > worm. > > True. Forgot about all of that. I guess the e-mail flood from Sobig > and such worked well as brain washing ;-). But there are some decent > elf infectors out there if anybody is into building Linux viruses. > Essentially like the early viruses, the code is attaches itself to > arbitrary binaries and is executed whenever the binary is exectued. > This type was very common in the DOS area before they got replaced by > boot sector viruses and later e-mail viruses. I don't exchange much > floppies these days, so I haven't heard about either a boot sector > virus in a couple years. I am sure they are still out there. > > But e-mail is a so much faster delivery method. This is very true. BTW: Dvorak (on PC Mag) is making a proposal that all PCs be licensed: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1224343,00.asp Personally, I think Dvorak is an idiot, but he makes a good case for it. - -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Q2vi+wA+1cUGHqkRArmiAKCCOabsZ/RPp3d8uapuZksCoR/tTgCghLoi Uss1WuCnCnr9vI9/rmcix00= =Vy0b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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