[cochiselinux] Re: a linux virus

  • From: Jeffrey Denton <dentonj@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:29:49 +0100

The link says it's a worm, not a virus.  Linux, UNIX, Microsoft, and
any other OS is potentially vulnerable to a worm.  There have only
been a handfull of Linux viruses.


On 11/8/05, Dick Sears <searsd@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I can't remember a previous instance when Symantec's Security Response site
> listed and described a real linux virus, but hear it is:
>        www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/linux.plupii.html
> McAfee calls this the "Linux/Lupper.worm."
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