Thread: What's Your Current OS

Originally Posted by Ynot

Was that the proof of concept trojan, published about 6 months ago?

I seem to remember there being more than one, but yes to the main one I'm thinking of.

Originally Posted by Ynot

I think it could only infect other files in the same directory as the virus itself, but I may be thinking of something else

Well, it could do whatever its creators wanted it to do, only restricted by the user's file permissions. I believe the trojan would spread to other computers via Rendezvous/Bonjour.

Originally Posted by Ynot

I was thinking more about database servers in data-centres rather than web servers, but point still holds

Yeah, the point holds either way.

Originally Posted by Ynot

Write a virus for IBM's AIX Unix to wipe out all data from an international bank
Millions of people suddenly have a zero bank balance - that'd make the papers

Gee, why would anyone crazy enough to write a malicious virus target a family of OS's whose exploitation would affect hundreds of millions of people?