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VNUNet: Jac Virus Targets Linux

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“Virus watchers have reported the rare sighting of a new strain
affecting the Linux platform.

“The Jac virus follows the recent trend of infrequent Linux
infecting malware, as the first to hit the platform in three
months.

“Jac infects the Linux binary files in the Linux Executable and
Linking Format that exist in the same directory as the
virus…”

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