cross-platform virus

[Sasha Tsykin]

Matthew East wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 20:47 -0700, Daniel Robitaille wrote:
>> On 4/7/06, Senectus . <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A comment from the /. article sums it up nicely..
>>>
>>> To Infect your Linux box with Virus.Linux.Bi.a, please follow these
>>> instructions.
>>>
>>>    1. If gcc is not installed, install it.
>>>    2. Unpack the archive: tar xvzf Virus.Linux.Bi.a.tar.gz
>>>    3. Switch to the directory: cd Virus.Linux.Bi.a
>>>    4. ./configure
>>>    5. make
>>>    6. su root
>>>    7. make install
>>>
>> I guess that's one extra argument to keep gcc not installed by default
>> in Ubuntu :)
> 
> And an extra argument in favour of installing software from Ubuntu's
> central archives, rather than random files grabbed off the internet.
> 
> Matt
> 
Presumably there is a way to receive a virus through email, like many 
windows viruses, and while it could no threatne anything in the 
functioning of the operating system, it could kill everythign in the 
user's home directory, something which could be incredibly damaging.

Sasha