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To: Terpfen
Actually, Linux is indeed immune to most of the crap flying around now.

We have a Linux server. A hacker just got into our software and inserted virus-laden pages into the site. It didn't hurt our server, but it affected members who hit the infected pages.

51 posted on 11/21/2004 1:29:14 PM PST by Entropy Squared
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To: Entropy Squared
E² wrote: We have a Linux server. A hacker just got into our software and inserted virus-laden pages into the site. It didn't hurt our server, but it affected members who hit the infected pages.

What infected pages, and how might I have been hit? Now, I'm worried!!!
(FD's EdS)

55 posted on 11/21/2004 2:14:23 PM PST by NorthernRight (Liberalism is a mental disorder - Socialism is a mental illness!)
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To: Entropy Squared

Well, I was talking about passive infection. In your case, the server was deliberately hacked and viruses planted. Most of the popular worms going around are written for Win32.

Don't take me wrong, I'm not a Linux lover. I think it has a long way to go before it's ready for a lot of things, but it is malware-proof in the sense that most authors don't bother with it.


60 posted on 11/21/2004 3:09:41 PM PST by Terpfen (Gore/Sharpton '08: it's Al-right!)
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To: Entropy Squared
Could you give us details on the virus the hacker left?

Was it something not covered by recent definition files from Norman, McAfee, Norton, CA, Grisoft, Sophos, etc.?

And was it a straight virus, or a Trojan?

80 posted on 11/22/2004 12:05:18 AM PST by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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