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I don't see the difference between a Linux "zombie" and a Win32 "zombie". I've personally seen both platforms get compromised and when it happens the results a
by teej 18y ago
I don't see the difference between a Linux "zombie" and a Win32 "zombie". I've personally seen both platforms get compromised and when it happens the results are typically the same.
I'm solidly behind the theory of viruses being made for the cheapest platform available - Windows and Linux.
- tptacek 18y agoWhat does a virus care about how "expensive" the platform is that it infects?
- teej 18y agoThe person creating the virus cares. Affordability of the platform is a major issue when the producers are coming from eastern Europe.
- tptacek 18y agoI'm thinking that suggesting that Eastern Europeans care about the cost of an OS license is a really weak argument. Malware authors care about exactly one number: the ratio of the dollars it takes to put a malware program out in the field over the dollars collected by that malware program. That ratio is good for Windows, and extraordinarily crappy for Linux. If my mom (and all moms like her) switched to Ubuntu, the ratio would get better.