On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:59:57AM -0600, Eric Stanley wrote: > A coworker just showed me an article > (http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/28/virus.winux.02/index.html) > that says someone has created a proof-of-concept virus that can infect > both Windows and Linux systems. I have a hard time believing this is > true. Has anyone heard any more about this and how it might > accomplish this? Take a look on slashdot. They've got links to the original announcement and three articles about it, plus, of course, the usual hundreds of comments on it. My take on it: Yeah, it's possible. And I think this case is probably real as well. But, unless you're trading binaries with people (other than your distro's archive, which most of us assume to be 'safe') and then running them as root, it can't affect you much. -- Linux will do for applications what the Internet did for networks. - IBM, "Peace, Love, and Linux" Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+