Virus?!

Sören Schneider · 07-21-2006, 08:59 AM

I'm shure someone asked this before but

Are there viruses for Linux?

If yes, what are they able to do?

xpromisex · 07-21-2006, 09:10 AM

From what I can see there are a very FEW linux virii, but there are some.

This site seems to list and describe them.

http://www.viruslibrary.com/virusinfo/Linux.htm

konsolebox · 07-21-2006, 10:20 AM

viruses doesn't really matter on linux since compilation of the binaries are rarely the same. though there are still some that exist as shown by xpromisex.

but you'd better be more concerned of the intruders than viruses. a human brain is a lot more difficult to handle than just a programmed code. so it's up to you how you tighten your system's security.

regards

Sören Schneider · 07-21-2006, 12:48 PM

I red the link, thanx.
But someone had to install the files of the worms to /usr/bin/

So in real it's an error of root to do this, right?

unSpawn · 07-21-2006, 01:16 PM

I would like to ask you to do a search in this forum for the term "virus". Reading say the ten most recent threads will give you enough info to go on and ask questions in a more specific way so we don't have to duplicate answers. TIA.