sheesh, Linux in the wild viruses that come to mind: Scalper, Ramen, Lion, Simile..... I'm sure there are lots more as well.
Linux is NOT immune to viruses or worms, plain and simple. Just because the number of Linux viruses/worms are much smaller than W32 viruses/worms doesn't mean that they don't exist. The number of Linux installs are much smaller than W32 installs as well. If I was a Vx'r would I write a Linux virus that would max out at 500,000 computers to infect, or would I write a W32 virus that would max out at 50,000,000 + computers to infect worldwide. W32 has, what, 92% of the computer desktops someone mentioned? That's a heck of a lot of bang for the Vx'r buck! Exibar ----- Original Message ----- From: "David F. Skoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exibar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Exibar wrote: > > > Will any of these do? Will you still think you don't need AV on Linux now? > > here's a partial list..... don't choke too hard now! > > Those are all proof-of-concept. I'm unaware of a single production > Linux machine anywhere in the world succumbing to one of them. Perhaps > you can provide evidence to the contrary? > > Furthermore, most of them are not self-propagating, but require active > cooperation from the recipient. > > I do not need nor use AV on Linux. > > Regards, > > David. > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
