[cobalt-users] Hey, We Probably Should Pay Attention

[Dave Shugarts <Azimuth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, List--

I hope it is helpful to mention the current issue of Internet Week, April 2,
page 9, "Virus Attacks Linux, Windows Systems." It is about a non--dmaging
virus called W32.Winux which was posted to the antivirus company Central
Command. It infects both Windows and Linux systems. Currently, it is said to
have no mechanism for spreading itself, but if it is manually executed on a
machine, it "infects all the executable files in its folder and the parent
folder, so that all those files also become virus files."

The article also contains comments from guys at Securityfocus.com, DuPont
and TruSecure Corp. as to the significance of it, as a harbinger of bad
things to come.

--Dave Shugarts