From owner-freebsd-security Mon Jun 10 10: 8:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from spqr.osg.gov.bc.ca (spqr.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99AA637B715 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (passer.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.110.29]) by spqr.osg.gov.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D8E9EF16; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys.cwsent.com (cwsys2 [10.1.2.1]) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.12.4/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5AH7A0j037540; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:07:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsent.com) Received: from cwsys (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.12.4/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5AH79Gn003942; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:07:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsys.cwsent.com) Message-Id: <200206101707.g5AH79Gn003942@cwsys.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com To: Ian Smith Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux/Windows Virus In-Reply-To: Message from Ian Smith of "Tue, 11 Jun 2002 02:57:19 +1000." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:07:09 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message , 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