At 08:16 PM 10/14/1999 -0400, Laurel wrote:
\>themselves..) As long as its done right, there's no reason a virus
>can't be cross-platform and portable. (Ok, this is nontrivial. but it
>is possible.)
>
Actually, there are over 3,000 "cross-platform" viruses -- the MS macro
viruses (about 45 of
Hmm. It is well known how to exploit a buffer overflow for any unix
platform. It is also usually possible to determine remotely or locally
what OS a machine is running. Root can watch what any user does. So,
to have an interesting virus/worm:
1. Get on a system.
2. Get root. (Either use a n
At 06:08 PM 10/14/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>I have never heard of a unix system having a virus problem... EVER! I have
>>never known of a virus checker for unix. I don't believe these systems are
>>immune to viruses, however. I think that it's just a matter of the system
>>not being widely po
