Thanks for the snippit of info - I'd been searching the net for some hard information on how this virus attacks linux systems, Now I have some idea of how the thing operates, I can check my system and try to determine if I have a problem.

Regards, Paul.

-----Original Message----- From: Kerin [SMTP:kerin.westgate@virgin.net] Sent: 28 February 2001 13:46 To: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk Subject: [Alug] New Linux Varus

Hi I,m not realy sure who to send this too,

I,ve just picked up the new issue of the "new Linux Magazine". and theres an article in there worth reading, as follows,

Page 7 VARUS WARNING

A new Internet worm that targets computers running Red Hat Linux is be described by some virus experts as the first successful attack on the Linux O/S, which is widely considered to be one of the best protected platforms around.