Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:03:49 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> transmitted:
> How do you target linux. Everyone runs so much different stuff. Not only that, but for a VB-style virus to propogate on Linux, you'd need to intervene as a user. In the Windows world, it's easy to click on "anna-kournikova.exe" and infect half the planet since everything runs in user space. Here's the same thing on Linux: $ cp "anna-kournikova.exe" ~/virus_breeding_ground $ chmod +x ~/virus_breeding_ground/anna-kournikova.exe $ ~/virus_breeding_ground/anna-kournikova.exe Launching nasty virus... Updating system files Error: Cannot overwrite system files. Make sure you're running this virus as root. (silly me!) $ su root Enter password: % ./virus_breeding_ground/anna-kournikova.exe Launching nasty virus... Updating system files Error: Cannot locate Soffice Address Book files. Please install Soffice Address Book(hmmm...) % /downloads/soffice_5.2.bin no such file or directory (shit!) % chmod +x /downloads/soffice_5.2.bin ...etc! - C
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