While I realize that the bliss virus looks more like a research project than a malicious virus, the reality is that it is out there. Because I was concerned that some programs on my linux systems might have become infected, I wrote a tool to determine which programs, if any, had been infected by the bliss virus. For those who lack md5 checksums of all their binaries, this is likely to be a useful tool. You can obtain a copy at: ftp://ftp.secnet.com/pub/tools/abliss.tar.gz [mod: deleted "have" between "lack" and "md5". What''s wrong with "cat /tmp/.bliss"? --rew] /************************************************************************* Alfred Huger Phone: 403.262.9211 Secure Networks Inc. Fax: 403.262.9221 "Sit down before facts as a little child , be prepared to give up every preconcieved notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing" - Thomas H. Huxley **************************************************************************/