Cracking Unix/Linux machine is still a sort of 'intellegent job' which
hardly could be automated. This is the main reason why Linux viruses are
not widespread. There are various sorts of trojan-like codes: elf
infectors/ gcc-infectors, but most of them require being executed as root
first, to infect the system, or use exploits to attempt breaking. IMHO
the only viruses possible, are various sorts of mail-worms, which not
only use leaks in mailer agents security but also relay on user stupidity.
(like that infamous Java virus, where it's first required by user to click
'OK' which would mean that java code gets access to local fs).
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