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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se>
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Subject: Re: # of virii for different OS. Where?
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 12:46:46PM +0200, Micke Josefsson wrote:
> I remember seeing a list of how the different virii were spread amongst
> different OS's. But I can't find any more.
>=20
> Do you have any pointers? The actual question is "How may 'root entries' =
have
> windows had per annum the last few years".=20

The number is so large as to be impossible to determine precisely.  It
is probably in the millions.

> Nimda, Sircam, Melissa, Iloveyou etc are of interest. But how mnay more a=
re
> there?

Again, too many to count.  There are literally thousands of known
DOS/Windows viruses, probably tens of thousands by now.

Kris

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