Newest malware truly cross-platform
Aug.18, 2008 in
Security, Short newslinks
It seems that the Javascript-based malware that I mentioned last week has been spotted on Linux systems as well. Welcome to the future of cross-platform malware!
Around the time I posted the original update, there were some funny posts in the Ubuntu forums about this. Read them yourself or enjoy this snippet:
<question>: i can not copy and paste, when i try to paste i get
http://windowsxp-privacy.net/?id=198760099
i put this in a browser and get a spam of antivirus 2009 is spanning your computer…….what is going on and how do i fix this?<reply>: Gee, that is a problem in Windows.
Since that crud does not get into Linux, two choices .. dump Windows or FIX it. (try SUPERAntiSpyware . free) Then take some time to immunize that POS operating system!
<original poster>: i do have a windoze machine, but the problem is on my ubuntu machine, could linux have a virus?
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