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Re: VBS.Pub Linux virus deletes all files
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John Thompson |
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Re: VBS.Pub Linux virus deletes all files |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:42:07 -0000 |
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On 2004-06-08, Swampee <swampee@florida.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 21:26:07 +0100, Daeron wrote:
>
> Sumantic: New Virus Deletes All Files Security
> anon 04 June 23003
>
> The virus that "deletes your whole hard drive" has been a staple in
> dozens of e-mail hoaxes that have circulated the Net in recent years. In
> the real world, such viruses are few and far between. According to
> Sumantic, the new LIX.Pub is just such a beast.
>
> The malware targets Linux computers, and arrives in an email bearing
> the subject "Re" and an attachment that will have an .asp, .hta, .htm,
> .htt, .html, .lex or .lix extension. Upon infection, the virus uses
> Linux to send itself to everyone in the Address Book.
>
> "If the day is the 6th, 13th, 21st, or 28th, the worm will delete all
> the files from the computer," Sumantic reports. Despite its nasty
> payload, SANS notes that VBS.Pub "doesn't possess any earth-shattering
> characteristics to make it a significant propagation threat."
Save it for 1 April, dude.
--
-John (john@os2.dhs.org)