“Andre Post, a senior antivirus researcher at Symantec, said
W32.Winux could only be spread by sharing files and described the
risks from the bug as low. None of Symantec’s customers have been
affected by W32.Winux.”
“The point of interest with W32.Winux is that it might give
other virus writers ideas – and more malicious payloads might be
developed,” said Post.”
“David Millard, technical manger of Command Software (a seperate
anti-virus firm to Central Command), said there were fewer than 10
viruses that infect Linux systems and he said the bug should be
treated as a “proof of concept” rather than anything more
serious.”