The cross-platform Windows/Linux virus, which made headlines last week, has prompted a "zeitgeist of new interest" in Unix and Linux viruses. Antivirus experts say that the cross-platform skills of the Simile or Etap virus, which cropped up last week, "seem . . .
The cross-platform Windows/Linux virus, which made headlines last week, has prompted a "zeitgeist of new interest" in Unix and Linux viruses. Antivirus experts say that the cross-platform skills of the Simile or Etap virus, which cropped up last week, "seem to have led to a renewed interest in *nix malware".

Although the virus was not the first of its kind to infect both Windows and Linux machines, it apparently moved virus-writing techniques "yet another step up the scale of complexity".

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