Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:16:00 -0400 From: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net> To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux/Windows Virus Message-ID: <20020610131600.B26376@cowbert.2y.net> In-Reply-To: <200206101707.g5AH79Gn003942@cwsys.cwsent.com>; from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca on Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:07:09AM -0700 References: <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> <200206101707.g5AH79Gn003942@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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Will this thing propagate via FreeBSD ELF binaries, or just cause a headache because it mucks up the binary making it unable to run? Symantec lists systems not affected as Unix, of which BSD is a true one. On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:07:09AM -0700, Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group wrote: > 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 -- Peter C. Lai University of Connecticut Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology | Undergraduate Research Assistant http://cowbert.2y.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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