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>From "SANS NEWSBITES", The SANS Weekly Security News Overview
Volume 4, Number 23 June 5, 2002
...from Randy Marchany, the security guru at Virginia
Tech. He writes, "All the smug Linux types (including me) can quit
smiling now.. ;) The Simile virus attacks both Windows and Linux
systems. Fortunately, *this* variant seems to be non-malignant.... for
now." (See the first story below.)
TOP OF THE NEWS
--3 June 2002 Simile is Cross-Platform Virus
The Simile virus infects Portable Executable (PE) and ELF files on
both Windows and Linux operating systems. The virus does not carry
a malicious payload, although infected files could display messages
on certain dates.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/03/1022982662974.html
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/linux.simile.html
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