On 01-Jul-07, at 1:21 PM, Anant Narayanan wrote:
and by the way if I develop a virus (first define that term in
context
of linux) I will only end up destroying files in my own user space.
viruses r supposed to multiply and execute on all the machines
they attack.
how can virus developers ensure this?
If I were to make a virus, I would cloak it under the pretext of
some other useful software. Think of a binary blob that supposedly
installs a Flash Player on your system, or the Netbeans IDE, or
some graphics drivers (ATi/nVidia?). You need to run the binary as
root, and you will do so. I'll show you a progress dialog and all
the works, but do some damage in the background - and the user is
none-the-wiser.
that is trojan, not a virus
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