[plug] The Linux Virus Challenge

[Simon Scott]

	Just break into his house, boot tomsrtbt and install a virus.

	Make yourself a cup of tea, and wait for him to come home with your
10000





	From:	Craig Ringer <craig at postnewspapers.com.au> on 16/10/2001
12:58 PM
	Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
	To:	plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
	cc:	 

	Subject:	Re: [plug] The Linux Virus Challenge

	skribe wrote:

	>Silicon.com is running a story about some guy that is offering
£10,000 to the 
	>first person that can infect his machine with a virus. His theory
is that a 
	>properly set up linux system is immune to viruses. The story is
here:
	>
	
>http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?REQUNIQ=1002938800&30REQEVENT=&REQIN
T1=48211&REQAUTH=21046&3010REQSUB=
	>
	>Is this guy's reasoning flawed?
	>
	Not at all. Hey, a properly set up win98 system is immune to viri
too. 
	Disconnect modem, ethernet, and remove floppy disk :-)
	No seriously, check incoming attatchments, disable "helpful"
features 
	like Visual Basic (esp. in eMail), etc, and you're pretty safe.





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