Thank you, Harisankar, the link was useful. Best, Sasi
On Sun, 2012-04-15 at 09:52 +0530, Harisankar P S wrote: > It was not an OS vulnerability, it was in the JAVA Run > Time environment... So basically a virus was with in > a vulnerable version of java, which could have permission to access or > run in the background. > > > I think such a vulnerability exist even in linux system, for example > even servers run on linux can be hacked through a PHP website it is > hosting. > > > More details about the MacOSX Virus : > http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/virus-hits-apple-mac-computers-how-to-protect-against-malware-2012-04-09 > > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 8:49 AM, V. Sasi Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > Dear friends, > > Now that Apple computers also are found to be susceptible to > virus > attacks, GNU/Linux machines remain the only ones not affected > yet. But > for how long? Considering that Mac OSX is based on BSD, how > long will it > take for someone to write viruses for GNU/Linux? I am sure > that when it > happens, it will create a big splash. But that itself should > be > temptation enough for crackers to try that. Has anyone here > understood > how the Apple virus overcame the security measures in-built in > the OS? > Are our days of peace and security coming to an end? > > All the best, > A somewhat worried GNU/Linux user. > -- > V. Sasi Kumar > Free Software Foundation of India > http://swatantryam.blogspot.com > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > > > > > -- > Harisankar P S > 2012 Computer Science and Engineering > College of Engineering Chengannur > [email protected] | http://tech.hsps.in > > > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
