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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause
- To: "David F. Skoll" <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>
- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause
- From: "Exibar" <exibar@thelair.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:57:38 -0500
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Exibar wrote:
>
> > But why did you feel that there aren't any Linux viruses?
>
> All right. :-) Let me reword it!
>
> There are no self-propagating Linux e-mail viruses. The only Linux
> e-mail viruses are proof-of-concept programs that have never actually
> infected machines other than lab machines designed to test the
> proof-of-concept.
>
Ahhh, now there we go. That might just be the case. Off the top of my head
I can't think of a Linux specific e-mail spreading virus. Unless you count
"phishing" type e-mails that are completely OS independant and basically
want the user to head out to a web site and enter all their personal info
(ss#, CC#'s etc).
Exibar
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