Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Apr 2006 21:17 UTC
Virus researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found proof-of-concept code for a cross-platform virus capable of infecting both Windows and Linux systems. In an alert posted to Viruslist, Kaspersky said the sample virus has been given a dual name - Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a - and highlighted the way attackers are targeting multiple platforms in malware attacks. "The virus doesn't have any practical application," the company said in the alert. "It's classic proof-of-concept code, written to show that it is possible to create a cross-platform virus."
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2005-07-08
In my experience, the Virii out there today (or at least a year or so ago) was really pretty sloppy stuff. I can't imagine many virus writers even have the skills or knowhow to even create anything in Assembly, let alone a cross platform one that is self propagating (either by stupid people who open attatchments, or stupid people who don't employ a firewall of some kind) enough to make it worth their while.
This is a proof of concept only, I sincerely doubt any UNIX/Linux users are going to open binary attatchments in their mail labeled "hawt celebretty pix". Even if people were stupid enough to open this stuff, and drop their root passwd for it I don't think anyone's going to write a virus in assembly unless they've got a really good reason to.