Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 10:18:47 05/05/00
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On May 05, 2000 at 05:15:50, Frederic Friedel wrote:
>On May 05, 2000 at 00:22:19, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>The executable did not start automatically -- user had to manually run it. I
>>beleive that there are 2 factors why there are no such viruses on *nux:
>>
>>(1) It's much less widespread than Windows (I am not talking about server
>>environment/universities).
>
>>(2) Average user knows that's it not a good isea to start unknown executable.
>
>The point, Eugene, is that an operating system or mailer may allow an unknown
>executable to start, but it should definitely restrict what it can do. Very
>strictly. Certainly the command "nuke the system" should at least lead to a
>query ("executable wants to nuke the system -- proceed/cancel"). That is
Notice that the e-mail worm does not nuke the system.
If the worm tried to erase your hard drive's boot sectors, or flash your BIOS,
or something equally horrible, that _would_ be "nuking the system" and it can be
prevented by using any number of virus protection programs.
However, from what I know of the e-mail worm, _any_ operating system would have
a hard time differentiating between this worm's destructive behavior and that of
a legitimate program.
-Tom
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