Linux virus ??

[Aaron Grewell]

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1682912,00.asp

The e-mail itself was allegedly written by somebody whose native language
was definitely not English, so I don't think too many people would be
fooled.  I wonder if there are really enough Linux admins who are that
clueless yet.  

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org
[mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of David Bandel
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 9:39 AM
To: Linux tips and tricks
Subject: Linux virus ??

Folks,

Just heard from a friend of mine that a Linux "virus" is out (note: I have
not checked the veracity of this report).

Appears to come from RedHat as a security notice (NO distro I know sends out
e-mail security notices).

Wants you to d/l some code.
Make it executable.
Become root.
Run it.
(duh).

What it does:
add a new user (bash); presumably with UID 0 saves network information to a
file called mama spawns sshd mails mama off to wherever.

With more clueless newbies every day, Linux may start having problems with
amateur social engineering nonsense like this.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
--
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            - Nemesis Air Racing Team motto
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