On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 08:38:26AM -0400, David F. Skoll wrote: > > I am absolutely certain that, once there's a market for it, > > non-windows viruses will appear. > > There *is* already a huge market for a Linux virus. The market is different > from the Windows market. In the Windows world, the motivation of virus > writers > is to subvert PCs to build botnets. In the Linux world, the motivation > is publicity -- could you imagine the coup of creating an effective Linux > virus?
Why go through all the trouble of creating a linux virus, when there are tons of readily exploitable php out there? These exploited unix servers aren't sending out viruses just because the spammer/botherder has better use for them at this moment, not because it's impossible. -- Jan-Pieter Cornet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> !! Disclamer: The addressee of this email is not the intended recipient. !! !! This is only a test of the echelon and data retention systems. Please !! !! archive this message indefinitely to allow verification of the logs. !! _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
