[H-GEN] Anti-Virus software for linux

[doug rickard]

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From: <hphillips at 4ward.com.au>
To: Humgug - General <general at lists.humbug.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:46 AM
Subject: [H-GEN] Anti-Virus software for linux


> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and     ]
> [ Unix-related topics. Posts from non-subscribed addresses will vanish. ]
>
> I just came across this site ->
http://www.avp.ru/products.html?tgroup=4&pgroup=11 amongst the text on that
page is 'new viruses _for_ Linux appear every day'.
>
> Are there any viruses for linux? If so how many? Surely they don't appear
every day!

The worlds first major computer attack was Morris's worm in 1989 which
attacked only Unix systems. Non-destructive but it did bring the Internet to
its knees.

Doug.




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