Talk:List of Linux computer viruses

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[edit] Linux/Lupper not a Linux vulnerability

Linux/Lupper is not a Linux virus...it doesn't affect the Linux kernel or any GNU tools. It attacks poorly written (and outdated, mind you) PHP and CGI blogging scripts. If you were to place it under the category of a Linux virus, that would also mean that Windows and the Mac OS are also vulnerable. This is fallacy.

[edit] Proposed move

The list here is a small fraction of the viruses out there, and years out of date. There are virus databases that have current info on that subject. What should be the fate of the article? I'm considering a move to "Notable Linux computer viruses". Presumably virus notability comes under WP:SOFTWARE, although the criteria don't quite fit. Probably only viruses with mainstream press coverage really are notable. Comments? --John Nagle 17:53, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Agree

I agree that this list is uninformative und would better be integrated somewhere else. I have nto fully understood, what your proposed article aims at: More warning about current virii -or- a sort of tracked list of virii (for example with a date of 1st occurrence and a date since when it is fixed in the distributions)? I personally would opt for the 2nd one because it provides it can provide an archive as well, thus replacing this outdated article nicely. -- And the list is not supposed to grow fast, I assume. ;-) Madmaxx 21:54, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Agree too. An outdated list is misleading, as users may infer it is an exhaustive list. --Outlyer 17:17, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Aren't most of these worms anyway, not viruses?

The maybe viruses should be replaced by malware. --Outlyer 17:17, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

And most, if not all, of the exploits that the virus/worms use have been fixed in newer versions of the kernel. --Jdm64 03:59, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

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