Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:07:09 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux/Windows Virus Message-ID: <200206101707.g5AH79Gn003942@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> of "Tue, 11 Jun 2002 02:57:19 %2B1000." <Pine.BSF.3.96.1020611025257.12378A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.1020611025257.12378A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au >, Ian Smith writes: > Hi Cy, > > offlist, as I may be misreading the Symantec advisory drastically .. > > > This should probably concern anyone using Linux emulation under > > FreeBSD. I suspect that it may also attempt to infect FreeBSD > > binaries, rendering them useless. > > > > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/linux.simile.html > > > > Be careful what you run. > > Always :) But are you sure this concerns anyone not running _Windows_ > programs (or these PE programs?) under Linux (emulation or otherwise), > like Wine and such? I suppose I should have stated the obvious. Yes indeed it concerns anyone using Wine. If you don't use Wine or Linux emulation, you're safe. -- Cheers, Phone: 250-387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: 250-387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, CITS Ministry of Management Services Province of BC FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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