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  • The short life and hard times of a Linux virus

    Well, this, and the built-in virus detection system installed in kernels v. 2.1+. Here's how it works. The virus begins to try to infect the system, it realizes it's in a Linux box, and calculates the futility of its mission. Linux then threatens the virus with a slow, horrible, painful... more

    Reviewed by squintsgeek Feb 01 2009, 01:14am ( 3 reviews ) librenix.com

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  • Rated by squintsgeek on Feb 01 2009, 1:14am

    Well, this, and the built-in virus detection system installed in kernels v. 2.1+. Here's how it works. The virus begins to try to infect the system, it realizes it's in a Linux box, and calculates the futility of its mission. Linux then threatens the virus with a slow, horrible, painful death. The virus commits seppuku. Linux then stakes its head on a pike next to its open ports, as a warning to incoming files, and then devours the rest of it's body, which gives it strength. Yeah, Linux is a badass like that.