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Sharpei Virus Written In C#

Posted by timothy on from the state-of-the-art-security-focus dept.

josepha48 points to a CNET article on a new worm written in C# and partly aimed at the .Net framework, excerpting: "On Friday, antivirus companies received a copy of a worm called Sharpei, which is partially written in Microsoft's newest computer language, C#, and designed to infect computers loaded with the .Net framework."

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  1. So where's the java virus? by autopr0n · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hrm. I don't seem to ever hear about any viruses for the Java platform, even though it would theoreticaly be possible.

    And what about perl!?

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  2. Re:Who said it was a .NET virus? by bflong · · Score: 1, Troll

    >rest assured that you won't have to deal with 10,000 pounds of pink flesh suddenly appearing in your computer room.

    Hey! I have a fat DSL pipe man! If I want to see 10,000lb of pink flesh, I'd better be able to get it, damnit!

    Oh, you're talking about an elephant.... sorry, my bad...

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  3. Re:Outlook strips by CaptainSuperBoy · · Score: 1, Troll

    No. The newest versions of Outlook won't let you run a dangerous attachment such as a .EXE, .PIF, etc. It doesn't block incoming viruses, it just won't let you run them. Isn't that what the Linux zealots wanted? ('Well our OS doesn't run viruses automatically')