-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 " Cross-platform Virus Infects Linux And Windows By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News A Russian security company announced Friday that it had found a cross-over virus that can infect PCs running either the open-source Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems. Dubbed "Linux.Bi.a" and "Win32.Bi.a," the split-personality malware doesn't do any damage. Instead, said Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs in an online briefing, it's a proof-of-concept to prove that a cross-platform virus is possible. "However, our experience shows that once proof-of-concept code is released, virus writers are usually quick to take the code, and adapt it for their own use," wrote a Kaspersky analyst in the briefing." http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/184429692 - -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com> ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQFEN0NeVtBjDid73eYRApsPAJ9ASt0bFWguHWLPY5kVIxxXlMw/eQCePViJ J9by36bHDEA8Vf4x7T4GvTc= =yW2H -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----