OT: Perrun virus: Is this Windoze only?

2002-06-14 Thread Paul E Condon
Today's Sacramento Bee contains a news report about a new virus, called Perrun, that infects JPEG files. (Yes, data files) Does anyone on this list know what this is? and is it a problem for Debian GNU/Linux? -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: OT: Perrun virus: Is this Windoze only?

2002-06-14 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 14:03, Paul E Condon wrote: Today's Sacramento Bee contains a news report about a new virus, called Perrun, that infects JPEG files. (Yes, data files) Does anyone on this list know what this is? and is it a problem for Debian GNU/Linux? There's a good slashdot article

Re: OT: Perrun virus: Is this Windoze only?

2002-06-14 Thread Alan Shutko
Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Today's Sacramento Bee contains a news report about a new virus, called Perrun, that infects JPEG files. (Yes, data files) Those infected jpegs are completely harmless unless you already have been infected by the real virus. and is it a problem for

Re: OT: Perrun virus: Is this Windoze only?

2002-06-14 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Alan Shutko quotation: Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Today's Sacramento Bee contains a news report about a new virus, called Perrun, that infects JPEG files. (Yes, data files) Those infected jpegs are completely harmless unless you already have been infected by the

Re: OT: Perrun virus: Is this Windoze only?

2002-06-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 12:03:21PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: Today's Sacramento Bee contains a news report about a new virus, called Perrun, that infects JPEG files. (Yes, data files) Does anyone on this list know what this is? and is it a