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Virus coder throws down gauntlet

Somebody's done it. Created a proof of concept virus that infects both Windows and Linux. Trend Micro reckons the threat isn't up to much yet as it needs to be manually executed, only infects the current directory and doesn't cause any actual harm. But it does throw down the gauntlet for cross platform viruses.

April 11, 2006 |

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