The ILOVEYOU virus was technically a very good idea - apart from the fact that it was a virus!
So good that varients are already appearing.
The only way a "virus", so to speak, could be spread in Linux is if tampered code was downloaded from source (Need we say more, RedHat) - or email was sent to root and excuted as root / or downloaded and run as root. Every Linuxer/Unixer knows that root is common across the boards of this platform and has the equivalent of God powers in the OS world - but to control root you should have some noodle to have this role - *some* home Linux users aside.
Not only that there is at least one unix MTA which will only deliver email addressed to "root" if that is actually an alias for a different user. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/