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03-12-2005, 03:37 PM
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I've got a Worm in my Linux Box
Yes that's right I have a worm in one of my linux boxes and I don't know what to do with it.
It's an e-mail worm called "Worm.SomeFool.P". How did I get this worm? Well I followed the instructions from my ISP, for some strange reason he likes to work on windows but uses FreeBSD for his servers. Anyhow he asked me to FTP a certain file "z1" from his server to my machine then to e-mail it to him as an attachment. Woops ........ his server would not accept my e-mail .. and I tried several times ..... some how this made him very happy. It turns out he just installed ClamAV on his mail server to slow or stop the spread of windows e-mail viruses and needed me to test it for him as he could not. NOW I have this little worm in my machine, it has done me no harm so I can't justify killing it, I can not send it back out in to the world to feed as all my e-mails get rejected, if I keep it it will starve as it can not feed in a Linux environment. So just what should I to do ?
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03-12-2005, 06:32 PM
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Install a virtual macnine with windows and put the warm in this 'aquarium'. You may also find him a girl. And have one happy warms family . :-p
Martin
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03-12-2005, 11:38 PM
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Glad to see some one got my joke, even though the facts are 100% true, it is still a joke.
Right now it is resting peacefully in a folder I created for it, at some future date I may wish to dissect it.
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03-13-2005, 03:37 PM
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03-15-2005, 01:16 PM
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Mushroom it seems this is spyware related and it seems to big a bigger threat to linux then first reported. This relatively new worm is a variant of the "Slapper" worm which targets Apache servers. See related link for more info:
http://www.pcw.co.uk/news/1135068 Potentially a huge concern for for us linux users.... Hummm... seems virtual fishing takes a new on a whole new meaning...
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03-15-2005, 06:03 PM
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Irony: That for most people the most "trusted" web site on the planet is for a company the has been convicted of criminal activity. Both Security and SuSe start with "S". www.oldslides.com
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03-16-2005, 01:05 AM
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There was a slashdot about this recently.
Very humorous! A while ago I read a similar story somewhere about a guy did something similar with Windows 3.1. Apparently Windows 3.1 is like Fort Knox for virus protection.
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