Re: Linux Virus

[brian moore <bem@cmc.net>]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 10:43:12PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> Arguably, there is less of a chance of that under Linux. Most people who
> use Windows (like 99.9%) use either Outlook, Eudora or Netscape for
> email. On Linux, the numbers cannot be used against it. If you target a
> Linux virus for Pine, or whatever, chances are you wont propogate very
> far. Trying to write a virus that works on "most" Linux email clients is
> beyond the scope of a small viral program.

Well, maybe it'll come with an autoconf generated configure. :)

    -b.,
    who remembers the old "You can spot a virus for CP/M when it has to
    be shipped on 100 different floppy formats and requires 3 floppies
    worth of drivers."

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