Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 11, 2006 11:50 PM
Here is the description of the virus itself and how the bits are passed on:
"To infect ELF files, the virus uses INT 80 system calls and injects its body into the file immediately after the ELF file header and before the “.text” section. This changes the entry point of the original file."
Note the, "injects it's body into the file" part. This is *classic* virus behavior. Are you saying that word macro viruses are not viruses because they only infect files of their own type?
I hope that ends your confusion! Doesn't anyone here remember when "Good Times" was a joke?
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Re:Teapot-Kettle-Black
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 11, 2006 11:50 PM"To infect ELF files, the virus uses INT 80 system calls and injects its body into the file immediately after the ELF file header and before the “.text” section. This changes the entry point of the original file."
Note the, "injects it's body into the file" part. This is *classic* virus behavior. Are you saying that word macro viruses are not viruses because they only infect files of their own type?
I hope that ends your confusion! Doesn't anyone here remember when "Good Times" was a joke?
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