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Korean Mozilla Binaries Infected

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the caught-with-their-pants-down dept.

Magnus writes "Korean distributions of Mozilla and Thunderbird for Linux were infected with Virus.Linux.RST.b. This virus searches for executable ELF files in the current and /bin directories and infects them. It also contains a backdoor, which downloads scripts from another site, and executes them, using a standard shell."

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  1. First April post for April 1st 2006 by ArsenneLupin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (n/t)

  2. I R KOREA ^__^ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ZERG RUSH!

  3. ELF files by ShentarZ31 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sooo... the virus lets in ELFs through the backdoor.. I hope I am summarizing this right. We all know pengiuns aren't very good watchdogs..watchbirds..

  4. MOZILLA ARE KOREA by BisexualPuppy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    KEKEKEKEKE

  5. so what you're saying is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Elfs use the backdoor? wait till my D&D friends hear about this!

  6. Re:Poor Koreans... Again... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jesus hates Koreans.

  7. Re:Korean Mozilla Binaries Infected by wild_berry · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's a serious threat to the elderly members of society who are at increased risk of catching flu from their e-mail program.

  8. Re:Virus data by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you for proving the point...

  9. Re:MOD PARENT DOWN TO -1: troll/flamebait/overated by TRIEventHorizon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    RoFLCoPTeRzzzzzz!!!!!

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  10. would this be considered a.... by Ostien · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Zeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggg rrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssssshhhhhhhhh!!!!!

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  11. Re:Apples to Apples? by millennial · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To get infected on Windows you... have to turn the system on. As far as I can tell.

    Not sure if you were being facetious, but in some cases this is exactly right. From 2001-2003 at Michigan Tech University, anyone on the residential network who had a fresh install of Windows XP running would almost immediately be infected with a virus - either Klez or someting else, I can't remember. The vulnerability lay in the totally unprotected "Shared Documents" folder that was automatically shared with full access in both Home and Professional versions of XP (pre-SP1). Someone would get hooked into the NetBIOS system, and their machine would be infected.

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