My Linux friends assure me that, with their zillions of eyeballs constantly scanning the open source code, Linux can't be targeted by worms and viruses... I really doubt you have any friends. And certainly anyone who runs Linux wouldn't claim to have you as a friend after hearing your obnoxious rants.
Ok, for the record...
1) This is not a "Linux" worm. (No shipping Linux distro is vulnerable to this)
2) This is not an Apache worm.(Simply installing Apache won't make you vulnerable to this)
3) This is not a PHP worm. (Simply installing PHP won't make you vulnerable to this)
4) This appears to be a worm that affects a couple of PHP extensions used by a select few applications, the two most major of which were patched months ago. (AWStats and Drupal)
If you install Apache, PHP and AWStats on a Windows box, it's also vulnerable to this exploit. Does that make it a Windows worm?
I really doubt you have any friends.
Your thoughts really don't have any significance to me. [Aside: I have hard time taking seriously anybody who thinks that a wedding at Medieval World is a good idea. Hey, do me a favor and post some of the pics so that others can share a few gut-busting guffaws, as well...]
And certainly anyone who runs Linux wouldn't claim to have you as a friend after hearing your obnoxious rants.
Unlike you, my self-esteem isn't tied to an OS and, therefore, I don't need to have my friends be cookie-cutter images of myself. We can agree to disagree on any number of subjects, without taking out the long knives ...
This is not a "Linux" worm.
Tell it to
McAfee. This worm is listed as "Linux/Lupper.worm". It's a derivative of "Linux/Slapper". It has been found in the wild, and there's no evidence that it attacks Windows-based web servers at all.