Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:18:14 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: # of virii for different OS. Where? Message-ID: <20010927101814.A98895@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20010927124646.mj@isy.liu.se>; from mj@isy.liu.se on Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 12:46:46PM %2B0200 References: <XFMail.20010927124646.mj@isy.liu.se>
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--opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 12:46:46PM +0200, Micke Josefsson wrote: > I remember seeing a list of how the different virii were spread amongst > different OS's. But I can't find any more. >=20 > Do you have any pointers? The actual question is "How may 'root entries' = have > windows had per annum the last few years".=20 The number is so large as to be impossible to determine precisely. It is probably in the millions. > Nimda, Sircam, Melissa, Iloveyou etc are of interest. But how mnay more a= re > there? Again, too many to count. There are literally thousands of known DOS/Windows viruses, probably tens of thousands by now. Kris --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7s19WWry0BWjoQKURAkCVAKDqCP9M0jAyZCkZDuUOoUfUeRrS4ACfepSe otg1Q75lDiiw29f0ohvaZt0= =qYl6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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