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SirCam on Linux via WINE

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the great-leaps-forward-in-emulator-technology dept.

illusion_2K writes "Another monumental step forward for Linux - the SirCam virus now works on Linux via WINE. ("With a few ommissions")" Allright I had to post it. Thats damn funny. We can emulate worms if we want to!

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  1. Why is this important? by verbatim · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why is this important? What, are we struggling to make Linux as vinerable to viruii as Windows. Why not just start having trivial user programs run as root.

    Seriously... whats up with this?

    I guess the only useful Windows apps are viruii anyway, I just thought I'd ask the question.

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  2. Re:If I see another moron use "virii"... by lythe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm still trying to find out what a "virius" is. I mean, at least "viri" would be a correctly formed Latin plural ... but "virii"? What the heck is up with that?

    Of course, "viriiz" is even worse.

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  3. MS Donated 10 million in relief efforts by t0qer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When are the slashdot editors going to stop posting anti-ms crap like this?
    I just heard on tech now (bay area syndicated technology show) that MS is giving 5 million in cash, 5 million in hardware/software and service.

    This is gonna get modded troll or flame I know it.

    Has redhat or VA systems or any linux company donated anything except more anti ms lip?

    Yes ms costs money, that money is taxed, and those taxes will be used for the war efforts. Be a patriot, Buy MS. Linux = 0 to the economy.

    --toq

  4. Re:We can emulate worms if we want to! by Nailer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Moderation Totals: Flamebait=1, Total=1.

    WHAT? I point out that, unlike the story seems to incorrectly imply, worms can and do infect Linux systems, and I get modded down as flamebait? . I have five PCs at home and four of them run Linux, and I'm at work sitting on a Linux machine right now.

    Just because I don't believe that any OS is perfect, including Linux, I get labelled as flamebait? The stories implication that worms don't affect Linux systems is what's flamebait, and demonstrably false.

  5. Re:If I see another moron use "virii"... by bgfxunc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "viri" is plural for "vir." "Vir" means "man", hence "viri" means "men."

  6. Re:If I see another moron use "virii"... by jandersen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually the 'proper' plural is whatever most people end up using. The truth is, there probably never was a plural of the word 'virus' in latin, as it was a 'mass noun' (just like eg. 'water'). Personally I prefer either 'viruses' or 'vira'; they both 'feel right' - 'vira' is often used in medical literature. I don't like 'viri' or 'virii' because they are clearly wrong (ie they already have another meaning).