Hi, There are many viruses in Linux too,but not very effective.
Actually the concept of a virus is to spawn a process without a user ownership,in Windows there is usually no ownership required for processes,but in Linux/Unix u need it hence viruses are rare and may not work for different kernels config and different distro as the /etc and /proc are different. Linux viruses can be very effective only if the same kernel config/distro is used by many machines across the world,which is not possible with Linux. However there have been many know viruses for Linux the first one was in 1997: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2103965,00.html U can learn to write a virus using this: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130150 U will gain a very good insight into the process control of Linux if u do this. For all the details of viruses in Linux just goto: http://www.securityfocus.com/virus and search for Linux. U will indeed get all the info u wanted. Goodluc, NEO U r invited to my group: http://groups.msn.com/ccnpciscosecurity ----- Original Message ----- From: Atul Tyagi To: Linux BLR ; Linux DEL ; Linux HYD ; LINUX IND ; redhat LINUX ; LINUX NEWBY ; LINUX RAJ ; RHCE STUDY Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:34 PM Subject: [RHCEstudy] query abt viruses on linux systems Hi guys..... I really need to know abt viruses that have ever attacked the linux systems..... there strategies........... and abt the anti viruses that cure them. thx and waiting........ Regards Atul Tyagi ***************************************************************************************** Tyagi Atul, Ph: +91-120-2630876,Mob: 9810413189, 10/24, Sector-3, Rajinder Nagar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad,U.P. 201005, INDIA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
