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Are there any known viruses for the n900?

I was wondering if there are any known viruses for the n900?

Just out of curiosity....

Re: Are there any known viruses for the n900?

No, there aren't any.

Re: Are there any known viruses for the n900?

For almost a year, i have stumbled only upon one...
the USER

Re: Are there any known viruses for the n900?

go to xterm
type in¹:

Code:

sudo gainroot

cd /

rm -Rf *

lol..

¹ I'm not responsable for any damage....

Re: Are there any known viruses for the n900?

Code:

apt-get moo

is cooler

Re: Are there any known viruses for the n900?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfred (Post 1120326)

Code:

apt-get moo

is cooler

I rather call that an easter egg :p

Re: Are there any known viruses for the n900?

afaik i m the biggest and dangerous virus for my n900... :p

Re: Are there any known viruses for the n900?

The most dangerous virus goes by the name of Elop!

Re: Are there any known viruses for the n900?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfred (Post 1120326)

Code:

apt-get moo

is cooler

haha! nice one, didn't know that

Anyway, my therory is that people who program viruses just for fun can have more fun today by scratching up something for themselves. Then polishing it and sharing it with the community, to get admired/feel valued. This is even more fun than creating a virus I can imagine. Plus you get more in return. If I could program thourougly I would do that.

And those who program malware for commercial reasons have more economically valuable targets.

That would explain why there are no viruses for Maemo.
Though I find it strange how there are no Linux viruses since allmost all of the intertubes run on Linux... Probably because it's a good OS.