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From: Meritt James (meritt_jamesbah.com)
Date: Mon Jul 23 2001 - 12:04:05 CDT

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    I am only aware of two non-OS specific infections. One operates at the
    hardware level and really cares very little, if at all, for what OS is
    on it (that one is sorta new. I was suprised) and the other infected
    both Unix and VM systems somewhat like you described.

    I would appreciate hearing of others!

    V/R

    Jim

    Jason Lewis wrote:

    [snip]

    > How about this instead? A worm that is not only windows, but also unix
    > based. It carries payload for each OS. It works similar to CodeRed and
    > replicates itself. It also installs a zombie client and creates backdoors.
    > Imagine a worm that wraps all the viruses in the 16 months into one. What
    > if it actively searched out victims while also using Outlook to propagate
    > itself.

    [snip] 

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James W. Meritt, CISSP, CISA
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