On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 20:15:06 -0700 rikona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> A question: many viruses are nothing more than an executable script. > In Win, it is rare that one needs to run a script, and a 'good thing > to do' is to simply disable the scripting capability. But - in Linux, > scripting looks like it is essential. Wouldn't it be relatively easy > to write a script virus as an attachment and do the kinds of things > that happen in Win? no for two reasons. one you'd have to execute it yourself, so it's not a true virus or trojan unless it can execute itself, and two, you would have to su to root for the script to get control of your machine. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 00:39:33 up 2 days, 22:43, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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