You are right. Security in Linux based server platforms remain very good
and are generally praised by industry insiders, but unfortunately Linux
developer communities often don't have the money power to advertise or
pitch their success as much as proprietary developers do and as a result
we end up reading more about proprietary software systems and also the
viruses and other malware troubles they bring with them. Also, when we
say Linux we must understand that certain companies who offer Linux (I
don't want to mention names) do it more or less similar to commercial
offerings. So we must be clear in mentioning that this is open source
Linux that we are talking about.
Subramani
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thahir P C
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AI] Nasty computer worm
dear subramani,
have you ever heard of linux operating system being attacked by any
computer
virus or malware? have you thought why the most popular google server
remains unaffected by viruses? not only google but most other important
servers in the world run on linux without fearing viruses and bacteria.
i don't understand why do we ignore linux.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:39 PM
Subject: [AI] Nasty computer worm
Nasty worm wriggles into millions of computers
San Francisco, Jan 21 (AFP) A nasty worm has wriggled into millions of
computers and continues to spread, leaving security experts wondering
whether the attack is a harbinger of evil deeds to come.
US software protection firm F-Secure says a computer worm known as
"Conficker" or "Downadup" had infected more than nine million
computers
by yesterday and was spreading at a rate of one million machines
daily.
The malicious software had yet to do any noticeable damage, prompting
debate as to whether it is impotent, waiting to detonate, or a test
run
by cybercriminals intent on profiting from the weakness in the future.
"This is enormous; possibly the biggest virus we have ever seen," said
software security specialist David Perry of Trend Micro.
"I think the bad guys are field testing a new technology. If Conficker
proves to work well, they could go out and sell malware (malicious
software) to people. There is a huge market for selling criminal
malware."
The worm, a self-replicating program, takes advantage of networks or
computers that haven't kept up to date with security patches for
Windows
RPC Server Service.
It can infect machines from the Internet or by hiding on USB memory
sticks carrying data from one computer to another. Once in a computer
it
digs deep, setting up defenses that make it hard to extract. (AFP) MRE
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