Subject: [Fwd: Open Source Virus!]
Johannes.Nix@mail.uni-oldenburg.de
Date: Mon May 22 2000 - 20:56:19 CEST
*grins*
Johannes
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> To all Linux and *BSD users, a new virus
> has been detected that is specifically
> targeted at you.
>
> It is spread through email and needs only
> for the email to be *viewed* for the virus
> to be activated.
>
> It does require some user intervention for
> the full effects to occur, so the best
> prevention is an aware user.Accordingly, I have
> included the full text of the virus below.
>
> Dr. S. Euss
>
> (director - Linux/Unix Virii Grand Overview Database)
>
> -- virus begins here --------
> #!/bin/sh
> # Honour virus
> #
> # Dear Linux/*BSD user,
> # As you have avoided the various
> # virii inflicted upon your poor
> # Windows-using cousins, please take
> # a moment to read this letter and
> # then follow the instructions below.
> #
> # In the spirit of cooperation of
> # the free software community, this
> # virus was written to depend on your
> # cooperation and good will - hence
> # the name "honour" virus. With your
> # cooperation, this virus can spread
> # as rapidly as the lovebug virus,
> # once again showing how the free
> # software community can respond to
> # issues quicker than the largest
> # propriatary software maker.
> #
> # The virus starts here:
>
> # 1. Please delete, at random, 10 (ten)
> # .jpg, .mpg, .mp3, or .mov files from
> # your hard drive. Please do not choose
> # files for which you have a
> # backup, as that would be unfair to all
> # the Windows users who *never*
> # backup their data.
>
> # 2. Please send this email to everybody
> # you have ever received an email
> # from, using "fortune" to set the subject.
> # We realise that you might have
> # to write a short shell script to
> # do this easily, but we feel that,
> # as a Linux or *BSD user, you are
> # most likely to be able to do this
> # without relying on built-in insecure
> # scripting mechanisms.
>
> # 3. If you are reading this in
> # your workplace, please shut down your
> # workplace's email system and internet
> # access for 3 working days -
> # again this is just so we can empathise
> # fully with Windows-using companies.
>
> # 4. When asked if the writers of
> # Linux or *BSD are to blame, claim that
> # the virus only spread because of
> # intervention by the user's brain and
> # that the tight integration between
> # your wetware and the OS is a good
> # thing that is misused by malicious
> # virus writers.
>
> # 5. Please post the root passwords of your
> # company and/or your home box to
> # comp.os.linux.security, and don't forget
> # to include your IP number and your online
> # times in the latter case.
>
> # 6. If you are Linux Torvalds, Alan Cox,
> # or you have ever written any
> # free software, write an essay for
> # Time magazine complaining that it
> # will be much harder to protect Linux
> # users from virii such as this
> # unless Linux is sold to company asnd
> # development continues only in a
> # closed-source environment. In particular,
> # all user knowledge of the OS
> # must be erased if such virii are
> # to be prevented in the future.
>
> # 7. As this virus is copylefted under
> # the GPL, feel free to modify,
> # err, mutate, and distribute widely.
> #
> # Thank you. And remember, open source
> # virii are far superior to proprietary virii!
> #
> # Tuxunamis Infectious
>
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