Linux/Thou-A

Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Virus
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


How it spreads	Infected files
Affected operating systems	Unix
Included in our products from	April 2008 (4.28)
Protection available since	19 February 2008 16:20:44 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Linux/Thou-A is an appending ELF virus.

Linux/Thou-A attempts to infect all executables in the current directory.

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