Give it a rest. Root kits aren't virii. Installing a virus scanner on a Linux system at present is IMHO a pure waste of time (some people have a lot of time to waste). Keeping your Linux installation current or installing a fireall on your Linux box is a better idea how to spend your time. Enjoy! --Hans (maintainer blinux-lists) On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, technomage wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > well, this is most certainly wierd. > I do have, in fact, a copy of the databases here in question. I also happen > to have a copy of all source codes related to linux based virii (including > the uberhacker cd that contains more than a passing number of them for win32 > and/or linux). > > I also have disassembled copies of several rootkits (which incorporate virus > type code in them to "infect" binary files on a host system for the specific > purposes of allowing an intruder access. Belive me when I say this, there > *ARE* virii for linux/unix. However, I am rather mystified at why cert no > longer displays them. > > oh well, the fact is: they do exist (don't let anyone fool you into thinking > otherwise). My first rule of thumb is this: if there is a way to infect, > intrude, or control a systems processes, regardless of OS, it can be done > given time. > > Technomage