On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:58:42PM +1000, DaZZa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > A computer virus that can infect PCs running either the ubiquitous Windows
> > operating system or the increasingly popular Linux operating system
> > has emerged.
> > http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?90166
> > ---
> >
> > Amusing, but lacking somewhat in fact - typical of ZDnet. The web site of
> > the company which apparently discovered it has some more detail -
> > http://www.commandcentral.com
>
> This place looks very wierd, maybe as weird as the virus itself.
> And on zdnets site is says:
>
> if the user clicks on this .... it will search for all files > 100KB
> and then infect them.....
>
> Mmmmh. How? for some obscure reason it knows the root password of the
> machine to change a (for a user) read only file???
That's why I was somewhat sceptical. Unless you're stupid enough to run
this thing as root, what chance does it have?
DaZZa
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