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Old 08-18-2003, 09:02 AM   #1
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virus in Linux

is thire is any virus in Linux ?
 
Old 08-18-2003, 09:19 AM   #2
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I have heard of worms, and root exploits (buffer overflows), but I have never heard of a virus which will spread "in the wild".
 
Old 08-18-2003, 10:13 AM   #3
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There are some worms that will infect the Apache web server.

Also, there are many thread on LQ concerning this topic,
If you want to find them, perform a search.
 
Old 08-18-2003, 02:05 PM   #4
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Check this out:
http://www.linuxworld.com/story/33969.htm

Windows users prompted (by Microsoft) to stay of the internet 'cause of the DCOM worm.
 
Old 08-18-2003, 02:47 PM   #5
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Speaking of dcom, I read at The Register that windowsupdate.com
has stopped using win2k3 server and installed linux to defeat the
blaster worm.


vexer
 
Old 08-18-2003, 02:57 PM   #6
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Do you have the link to the article
 
Old 08-18-2003, 03:10 PM   #7
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I do

They didn't actually switch to Linux. Only their routing service provided by another company uses Linux, and because of how they set it all up, it looked on netcraft as if MS was using Linux/IIS. Old /. story on it too if you care to search for it.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32385.html
 
Old 08-18-2003, 03:25 PM   #8
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Excellent.

This is so good.
You should create a thread in the General section.
 
Old 08-18-2003, 04:00 PM   #9
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my school district updated from 98 to xp over the summer, now every computer in the county has blaster
 
Old 08-18-2003, 05:03 PM   #10
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I seem to remeber that a couple of windows viruses will work under WINE.
 
Old 08-18-2003, 05:39 PM   #11
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Quote:
Originally posted by gargamel237
I seem to remeber that a couple of windows viruses will work under WINE.
LOL! Viruses probably run better under Wine than applications!
 
Old 08-18-2003, 07:30 PM   #12
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Quote:
Originally posted by chris319
LOL! Viruses probably run better under Wine than applications!
OH no! We are going to start seeing posts like these now:

Hello!
Newbie here!
I am trying to compile the latest M$ virus to run under wine and gcc keeps spitting up errors

a little help please
 
Old 08-18-2003, 09:39 PM   #13
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Hello!
Newbie here!
I am trying to compile the latest M$ virus to run under wine and gcc keeps spitting up errors
Try winelib.
 
  


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