Re: Linux Virus

[John Griffiths <john@capmon.com>]

>IMO, this is nothing completely new or innovative. ASM has been around a
>long time, even before viruses. It all boils down to people being smart
>enough not to accept attachments form people they don't know, and
>especially don't execute programs sent to you randomly over the
>internet.

Agreed up to a point. But all you need is one person to open it blind and then the rest go out to the adsress book and appear (to the next recipients) to be someone they know. which alters the balance somewhat.