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echo: virus_info
to: ASHER DENSMORE-LYNN
from: KURT WISMER
date: 1997-04-28 14:25:00
subject: Linux and viruses...

 -=> Mocking Asher Densmore-Lynn to Kurt Wismer <=-
   
 AD> "Gee, my Linux kernel and COMMAND.COM are both up by 172 kb! Whoa."
 
 KW> gee, did i possibly just say BOOT INFECTORS? they infect the
 AD> I know, it was just an example. It'd have the same problems trying to
 AD> do anything useful to a Linux (LILO) MBR -- stealth viruses would be a
 AD> joke.
viruses tend not to try to do useful things... and as far as what
they'll do on a linux platform, it would be rather unpleasant for all
but those simple generic boot infectors... one_half would definitely
cause a lot of problems...
... quantum chromodynamics - the RGB nature of the universe...
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