Well, I know that they're actually creating virii to test the new distro, so the discovery of one floating around the net isn't all that surprising, but man, it sure didn't take long, did it?

"The virus, dubbed W64.Shruggle by Symantec, seems mainly to be an experiment to test the concept of a 64-bit infecter and is not actively spread, said Alfred Huger, senior director of security at Symantec."