Windows Vista Virus Warnings, so it begins....

**kcnychief** · August 5th, 2005

Very interesting read...

Five proof-of-concept viruses that target Monad, the next version of Microsoft's command prompt, were included in a recently published virus writing magazine, according to Mikko Hyppönen, the director of antivirus research at F-Secure

Entire article

Luna · August 5th, 2005

It's kind of a joke. It could be run on basically any OS.

F-Secure has their pants in a wad over every little thing. These are just Monad scripts running on the system, just like batch files, perl scripts, Ruby scripts, Cygwin bash scripts etc.

**sean.ferguson** · August 5th, 2005

Its going to happen anyway, viruses aren't going to dissapear from existence just because Microsoft have updated their Windows security.

**NetRyder** · August 5th, 2005

Originally Posted by Luna

It's kind of a joke. It could be run on basically any OS.

F-Secure has their pants in a wad over every little thing. These are just Monad scripts running on the system, just like batch files, perl scripts, Ruby scripts, Cygwin bash scripts etc.

Thank you. You are spot on. Here's a good read on this (non) issue: http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/MonadA...istaVirus.aspx

I liked this quote by Adam Barr - "Are you concerned that every version of Windows has the dreaded "cmd /c rmdir c:\ /s" virus in it? If not, then you have no reason to be concerned about Monad."

**lancer** · August 5th, 2005

I thought it was MSH they where targeting MS Command Shell, or is it one and the same thing?

**NetRyder** · August 5th, 2005

Originally Posted by lancer

I thought it was MSH they where targeting MS Command Shell, or is it one and the same thing?

Yes, it is. "Monad" is the codename for MSH.

**kcnychief** · August 5th, 2005

It appears the news sites jumped the gun a little too early...

Several news sources reported late Thursday that the first virus for the next generation operating system Windows Vista had been discovered. However the virus is written for Monad, a Unix-like command shell replacement for DOS, which may not even ship with the operating system and may not be part of any Microsoft OS until at least 2009.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Repo...ate/1123258141

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 305	Windows Vista Virus Warnings, so it begins.... Very interesting read... Five proof-of-concept viruses that target Monad, the next version of Microsoft's command prompt, were included in a recently published virus writing magazine, according to Mikko Hyppönen, the director of antivirus research at F-Secure Entire article XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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Luna OSNN Senior Addict Joined: January 2004 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 303 Reputation: 359 Power: 109	Re: Windows Vista Virus Warnings, so it begins.... It's kind of a joke. It could be run on basically any OS. F-Secure has their pants in a wad over every little thing. These are just Monad scripts running on the system, just like batch files, perl scripts, Ruby scripts, Cygwin bash scripts etc.

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sean.ferguson OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2003 Location: Fife; Scotland Posts: 1,693 Reputation: 550 Power: 130	Re: Windows Vista Virus Warnings, so it begins.... Its going to happen anyway, viruses aren't going to dissapear from existence just because Microsoft have updated their Windows security. Mac - 13-inch Macbook Core Duo 1.83GHz\| 1GB Ram \| 120GB Internal \| BT & AE \| OS 10.5 PC- Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz \| 2GB Dual Channel Ram \| 360GB Internal \| Lite-On DVDRW \| Radeon X1300XT \| Vista Home Premium 64-bit

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Re: Windows Vista Virus Warnings, so it begins.... Originally Posted by Luna It's kind of a joke. It could be run on basically any OS. F-Secure has their pants in a wad over every little thing. These are just Monad scripts running on the system, just like batch files, perl scripts, Ruby scripts, Cygwin bash scripts etc. Thank you. You are spot on. Here's a good read on this (non) issue: http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/MonadA...istaVirus.aspx I liked this quote by Adam Barr - "Are you concerned that every version of Windows has the dreaded "cmd /c rmdir c:\ /s" virus in it? If not, then you have no reason to be concerned about Monad." http://kunal.kundaje.net

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lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,087 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 137	Re: Windows Vista Virus Warnings, so it begins.... I thought it was MSH they where targeting MS Command Shell, or is it one and the same thing?

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Re: Windows Vista Virus Warnings, so it begins.... Originally Posted by lancer I thought it was MSH they where targeting MS Command Shell, or is it one and the same thing? Yes, it is. "Monad" is the codename for MSH. http://kunal.kundaje.net

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 305	Re: Windows Vista Virus Warnings, so it begins.... It appears the news sites jumped the gun a little too early... Several news sources reported late Thursday that the first virus for the next generation operating system Windows Vista had been discovered. However the virus is written for Monad, a Unix-like command shell replacement for DOS, which may not even ship with the operating system and may not be part of any Microsoft OS until at least 2009. http://www.betanews.com/article/Repo...ate/1123258141 XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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