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Virus.Linux.ZipWorm
Virus.Linux.ZipWorm (Kaspersky Lab)
is also known as:
Linux.ZipWorm (Kaspersky Lab),
Linux/Wozip (McAfee), Linux.Zipworm (Symantec), Linux.ZipWorm.3924 (Doctor Web), Linux/Zip-Worm (Sophos), Linux/ZipWorm.A (RAV), ELF_ZIPWORM.A (Trend Micro), Linux/Wozip (H+BEDV), Unix/Zipworm (FRISK), Linux/ZipWorm.A (Grisoft), Linux.ZipWorm (SOFTWIN), Linux.ZipWorm.elf (ClamAV), Univ.A (Panda), Elf/ZipWorm (Eset)
| Description added |
Jan 12 2001 |
| Behavior |
Virus |
It is harmless Linux virus affecting ZIP archives.
When the virus is run, it looks for ZIP archives in current directory and
add its copies to there. While infecting the virus does not use any external
ZIP processing tool, but parses ZIP internal formats by itself. The virus files
in archives have one of five possible names:
Ten motives why linux sux!
Why Windows is superior to Linux!
Is Linux for you? Never!
Is Linux immune to virus? NO!
zipworm!
The virus also contains the "copyright" text:
elf zip worm vecna
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