> -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Johnson
> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 19:26, Larry Gilson wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ron Johnson > > > I don't believe that any Unix-like variants have ever caught a > > > *virus*(except in a labratory). If you have evidence to the > > > contrary, I'dlove to hear it. > > > > http://search.symantec.com/custom/us/query.html > > > > > http://www.sophos.com/search/index.cgi?> scope=whole_site〈=english&terms > > =L > > inux > > > > > > While Linux viruses are more rare and have less impact than > MS-based > > viruses, they do exist. > > When doing the Sophos search, the 1st one it came up with is > Slapper-C. Guess what, it's not a virus!! It's a worm. > > These were the only 2 *viruses* I found: > http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/linux> osfa.html > > > http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/linuxrsta.html > > If they were really floating around in "the wild" infecting > machines, I *guarantee* that it would have made "front page" news > on every tech news web site on all 7 continents. Well, you asked if any "Unix-like variants have ever caught a *virus*". I have had a customer that was minorly annoyed by RST.b. I also did indicate that Unix viruses are rare and have less impact. So just because it has not made "'front page' news" does not mean that it does not exist. Just like UFOs. ;) These days, there is very little difference between a virus and a worm. Many worms need to be executed manually, then infect other executables, then spred via network. Unix-like variants are not invulnerable, the are just currently no where near the magnitude of susceptibility of a Microsoft OS. The same can be said of a Mac. --Larry ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
