Yeah, I'm replying to my own post...
This was just a heads-up or public service announcement. It's as
dangerous as other infectious digital organism when you're talking about
open source software, IMO.
FL
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Foo Lim wrote:
> http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010402S0004
> http://www.avx.com/winux.html
>
> Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. So will antivirus software
> start showing up on freshmeat.net or will people actually look over the
> code they download from now on? There still is a safety net with file
> permissions, but if you install this virus as root, there's potential for
> getting screwed royally.
>
> FL
