> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 12:49:21PM -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Is there any linux virus? > > Not really. If you aren't logged in as root, and have the permissions > on your files set properly, there isn't really anything a > "virus" could > do. Besides, you pretty much have to run a shell script or > something to > activate any viral type program. > Is this machine connected to the 'net? Perhaps it got hacked. That happened to a good friend of mine who was running a Linux server outside of his firewall. He knew he was just asking for it and he got it!
- jmh
