[lotuseclat79]

Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine.

-- Tom

[Lordandmaker]

Linux has never been immune to viruses. The big bit that stops them being widespread is the security of the means by which people get their software - there's no trawling the net for something that looks right as in Windows, you go to the repos and get stuff from the OS manufacturer. But you've always been able to explicitly install and run a piece of malware under Linux.

Wine's been able to run viruses for a long time, what's new about this one?

[lotuseclat79]

Hi Lordandmaker,

Just the article - it serves as a reminder lest we forget.

-- Tom

[briealeida]

Here is what seems to be the definitive article on Bliss (AKA the Linux virus).

http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/bliss/

It was enough to get McAfee talking. I was only ten at the time but I wish I had been old enough to hear about this as it was going on. :-).

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by briealeida

Here is what seems to be the definitive article on Bliss (AKA the Linux virus).

http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/bliss/

It was enough to get McAfee talking. I was only ten at the time but I wish I had been old enough to hear about this as it was going on. :-).

Hi Brie,

Hah, that was interesting - not the first software Bliss however.

-- Tom

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine.

-- Tom

Thanks for the link. I read the article as demonstrating the Wine environment got infected with a virus, not Linux. In fact, this wasn't some random "drive-by" infection as well. The author manually and consciously downloaded an executable and then ran it via Wine in order for the infection to take place.

This was a fun read, with a misleading title, but nothing to worry about.

Peace...