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[cobalt-users] New Linux worm 'Adore' makes its appearance
- Subject: [cobalt-users] New Linux worm 'Adore' makes its appearance
- From: "Tim M. Muldoon" <tmuldoon@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri Apr 6 13:25:51 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
The third Linux virus in almost as many months hit the Internet this week.
Known as the Adore worm, the program is designed to create so-called back
doors in the security of Linux systems and send information identifying the
compromised systems to four different e-mail addresses hosted on servers in
China and the United States.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5080656,00.html