Win32/Linux Cross-Platform Virus

An Anonymous Coward writes "Symantec reports on the first virus to infect both ELF and PE binaries on Linux and Win32. "The first Win32/Linux cross-infector, {Win32,Linux}/Peelf, uses two separate routines to carry out the infection on PE and ELF files. This variant of Simile shares a substantial amount of code between the two infection functions, such as the polymorphic/metamorphic engines, the only platform-specific parts being the directory traversal code and the API usage.""

Comments

Re:why i love my mac

[Stackis]

I think he meant software :)

you talk too much

[Erris]

You said, "Kinda a good reason not to run Windows in dual boot mode I'd say."

Try, "A good reason not to run Windows."

Re:Use the source Luke!

[Gordonjcp]

Yeah. And then, how do you know your disassembler and debugger aren't compromised?