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> the virus At risk of being a pendant, BO wasn't self-replicating so it isn't a "virus" - it was just a trojan/backdoor utility.

• jeroenhd 3y ago
  It wasn't even much of a trojan or a backdoor. BO announced itself as a RAT and that was exactly what it did. BO was a virus as much as an OpenSSH server is a virus. It actually provided some pretty useful remote administration tools that weren't available for consumer versions of Windows until Windows NT became the standard.
  • nikanj 3y ago
    According to most contemporary ”4D-Shield AI Malware Protect” products, OpenSSH server _is_ a virus..
    • pbjtime 3y ago
      It's self-replicating now? Crazy.
      • pixl97 3y ago
        Most people tend to have a weird assumption if it's detected by an anti-virus scanner, whatever it is, is a virus even though the A/V tool will give it a different classification.