Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > William T Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 18 Jul 2000, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > > > I'm looking for any kind of info on vulnerability to viruses on Debian > > > and/or Linux. Pointers to anti-virus programs are also very welcome. > > > > There are no anti-virus programs because there are no viruses. > > The followup by Phil Brutsche says otherwise.
For all intention's purposes, there are no Linux virui. Strickly speaking this is not true -- there have been virii created for Linux in the past, but they are not 'in the wild'. Here are some links to Linux virus information: Stoag - the first known Linux virus http://www.Europe.F-Secure.com/v-descs/staog.htm Bliss - the second known Linux virus http://www.Europe.F-Secure.com/v-descs/bliss.htm These are the only Linux virii in the F-Secure database. (F-Secure are the makers of the F-Prot virus software for windows. The also make an SSH terminal program). I would say that %99.999 of Linux users have not seen either of these virii (I know I haven't). The F-Secure site says that it believes that Stoag is not in circulation. I would think the same for Bliss as well. Can you count the number of Windows virii on one hand? No anti-virus software is required, even with 2 Linux virii. The 'bliss' virus even has a command line switch that causes it to remove itself! Matthew
