Linux virus ??

[Raymond Russell]

On Nov 8, 2004, at 12:38 PM, David Bandel wrote:

> 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.
>

Similar code was labeled as the first OSX virus and made a big
splash on news web sites around the net.  Windows users were
gloating in forums how OSX was going to be the target for virus writers
now.

Some sites even claimed this was a worm despite the fact that
it does not replicate.  It seems like windows users are trying to
make them selves feel better about their flawed OS.

--
Ray Russell
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