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Copyright © 2002 by Alexander Bartolich
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| Revision Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance. | 2002-08-15 | |
| Split document in global and platform specific part. Started port to sparc-debian-linux. | ||
This document describes how to write parasitic file viruses infecting ELF executables. Though it contains a lot of source code, no actual virus is included. Every mentioned infection method is accompanied with a practical guide to detection.
Viruses are not a threat to Linux! [1]
A quote from Rick's Rant on anti-virus software: [2]
The problem with answering this question is that those asking it know only OSes where viruses, trojan-horse programs, worms, nasty Java scripts, ActiveX controls with destructive payloads, and ordinary misbehaved applications are a constant threat to their computing. Therefore, they refuse to believe Linux could be different, no matter what they hear. And yet it is.
| [1] | The first release of this document covered only Linux/i386. Among the platforms using ELF it is considered the most viable for virus spread. |
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