d00d...if slashdot is reporting it, it _MUST_ be tru.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/02/1749237&mode=flat&tid=99

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From: "Alastair Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 3:32 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] A Linux Virus on the loose.


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On Sunday 02 June 2002 7:41 am, James wrote:

>    Take it as you will apparently Symantic is reporting a virus that
> effects both windows and Linux.
>
>  http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/linux.simile.html
>
> Information on this page.  Any Ideas on how to prevent/check for this
> thing now while it's not dangerous would be helpful to us all.

It's ironic that Symantec is reporting this but offering no solution as
its AV package has no Linux version :)

F-Prot for Linux will probably do the trick - I used the DOS and Windows
versions and they were first-rate.

http://www.f-prot.com/f-prot/products/fplin.html

(It costs businesses $300 per server per annum but is free for personal
use!)

Alastair
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Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom)
http://www.unmetered.org.uk/
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