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Mystery Malware Affecting Linux/Apache Web...

Reports are beginning to surface that some Web servers running Linux and Apache are unwittingly infecting thousands of computers, exploiting vulnerabilities in QuickTime, Yahoo! Messenger, and Windows. One way to tell if your machine is infected is if you're unable to create a directory name beginning with a numeral<br /><br />Posted in <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/blogs/http://www.neowin.net">Neowin.net - Where unprofessional journalism looks... </a></strong> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.neowin.net" style="color:#390;"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/images/bubble_h11.gif" alt="View Technorati URL search" style="border:none;"/> 8,905 links from 1,419 sites</a>) <br /><br /><img width="1" height="1" src="http://static.technorati.com/y/157125896.gif?anM9MCZyZWY9YXBpfC9zZWFyY2g/cXVlcnk9bWFsd2FyZSZsYW5ndWFnZT1lbiZrZXk9YmYyMjQ5ZjVhOTRmMzY1MmZjNjc0ODBjZWExYjg0MjQmZm9ybWF0PXJzc3wyMHxodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm5lb3dpbi5uZXQvbmV3cy9tYWluLzA4LzAxLzI1L215c3RlcnktbWFsd2FyZS1hZmZlY3RpbmctbGludXhhcGFjaGUtd2ViLXNlcnZlcnMmdmlzaXRvcmlkPS0mdXNlcmlkPS0mc2Vzc2lvbmlkPWMzNTg3Y2NhNjljZDRjZmJlYjUxOGIwNjA3MDUyNGZkJnVzZXJjbGFzcz0xJmFiY2xhc3M9YiZhYnN3aXRjaD04Jm1lbWJlcj0t"/>