http://hbar.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/.../msg00060.html
i've seen stuff like this before (ie- the ommish virii) but it's still a decent chuckleCode:#!/bin/sh # Honour virus # # Dear Linux/*BSD user, # As you have avoided the various # virii inflicted upon your poor # Windows-using cousins, please take # a moment to read this letter and # then follow the instructions below. # # In the spirit of cooperation of # the free software community, this # virus was written to depend on your # cooperation and good will - hence # the name "honour" virus. With your # cooperation, this virus can spread # as rapidly as the lovebug virus, # once again showing how the free # software community can respond to # issues quicker than the largest # propriatary software maker. # # The virus starts here: # 1. Please delete, at random, 10 (ten) # .jpg, .mpg, .mp3, or .mov files from # your hard drive. Please do not choose # files for which you have a # backup, as that would be unfair to all # the Windows users who *never* # backup their data. # 2. Please send this email to everybody # you have ever received an email # from. We realise that you might have # to write a short shell script to # do this easily, but we feel that, # as a Linux or *BSD user, you are # most likely to be able to do this # without relying on built-in insecure # scripting mechanisms. # 3. If you are reading this in # your workplace, please shut down your # workplace's email system and internet # access for 3 working days - # again this is just so we can empathise # fully with Windows-using companies. # 4. When asked if the writers of # Linux or *BSD are to blame, claim that # the virus only spread because of # intervention by the user's brain and # that the tight integration between # your wetware and the OS is a good # thing that is misused by malicious # virus writers. # 5. If you are Linux Torvalds, Alan Cox, # or you have ever written any # free software, write an essay for # Time magazine complaining that it # will be much harder to protect Linux # users from virii such as this # unless Linux is sold to company asnd # development continues only in a # closed-source environment. In particular, # all user knowledge of the OS # must be erased if such virii are # to be prevented in the future. # 6. As this virus is copylefted under # the GPL, feel free to modify, # err, mutate, and distribute widely. # # Thank you. And remember, open source # virii are far superior to proprietary virii! # # Tuxunamis Infectious![]()




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