Paul Howarth wrote:
>>Well, so much for the "do not wory about viruses in Linux
machines" stories...
>>
>
>This is not a virus: it does not travel via email or the like. This is a
>worm, and there are a few of those.
I think you're got those the wrong way around. Worms can propagate
without luser intervention, regular viruses can't. Consider for example
the entire class of boot sector viruses, which used to be quite common.
None of those could work without someone carelessly booting from an
infected floppy. Similarly in this case, the virus can't propagate
without someone (preferably root) executing an infected file.
Paul.
Paul
I don't see what you said that's inconsistent with what I said. The
malware we're discussing arrived without the victim's cooperation.
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