As i expected even before clicking the link, the article is on similar lines, :-)
IMHO *nix architecture is secure enough to withstand such viruses, anyway very few local non root users have any binaries in their home directories, and as a good practice, I usually disable execute permission on the home partition. A suggestion: in place of infecting binaries, the virus can create shell scripts, and then change the path and create aliases for common commands to the viril shell scripts, or maybe interchange commands altogather, in the user profile. And then do what, maybe annoy the user by doing an rm in place of a cp. But if there is enough hype, maybe antivirus companies will be able to earn some money from GNU/ Linux too. Sincerely Ajay Pal Singh Atwal Dept of CSE & IT BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab, INDIA ----- Original Message ----- From: Ratnakar Koli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: ਬà©à©±à¨§à¨µà¨¾à¨° 19 ਠਪਰà©à¨² 2006 01:18:59 ਸ਼ਾ. IST Subject: [LIH]NewsForge: Hands-On Testing of the New Linux Virus hi guyz! I thought i should share this link with u... http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/04/17/1752213.shtml Ratnakar ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
