Re: PHP.Pirus

I think it is funny. It could make a mess of your system but it could also open you up to the world. As soon as you get "infected" you will no longer be in charge of your files. Sneaky. Anyways, like you said, this is one of those "You must infect yourself to be infected" so not to worry. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@php.net> To: "Matt, Tech Support" <mjw@defnet.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net>; <phpslash-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP.Pirus > This has been there for a while, and it is silly. If you are executing > random executables on your web server then you are in trouble anyway. The > fact that this thing inserts some stuff into PHP files that might later > screw up your system is irrelevant. The executable that does this > insertion might as well go and do this same damage. > > -Rasmus > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Matt, Tech Support wrote: > > > You knew it HAD to happen... > > > > http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/php.pirus.html > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >