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A Russian security company announced Friday that it had found a cross-over virus that can infect PCs running either the open-source Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Dubbed “Linux.Bi.a” and “Win32.Bi.a,” the split-personality malware doesn’t do any damage. Instead, said Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs in an online briefing, it’s a proof-of-concept to prove that a cross-platform virus is possible.

Source: TechWeb

Russian programmers always seem to come up with this kind of stuff. Leave it to Russian hackers for providing a proof-of-concept.

At least it doesn’t do any damage, or so they say. I’ll be keeping my eye on this story for sure.

I personally feel Linux is far more secure then any Windows Operating System but it’s not 100%, nothing seems to be unless you turn your machines off but that’s no fun.

Side note, April 11 is Microsoft Patch Tuesday, so be sure to grab your latest patches and fixes next week.

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