Hi Rick,
Quoting Rick Collins to Curtis Canning, on 06 Mar 97
rc>> There are _no_ AV programs that run on the operating systems I'm
rc>> referring to, because there is _no_ chance of an infection
If you mean unix, I'm afraid there are...
RC> they are unnecessary. And, yes, a proper OS would prevent that
RC> little piece of malware from doing any damage as well.
And so would most behaviour blockers (TbDisk? Not sure).
cc>> So that is why it is very dangerous, because most
cc>> people like to run those advertising files.
Only after enabling full disk protection in various things, and having a
uick
look at the code. (Well, I'm a programmer, I'm expected to be curious. :)
CC>> a fully working version of a the same installation file
CC>> which they made up, but it formats you hard drive instead.
Interesting description. Fully working - so it installs the thing, and then
reformats your hard disk... :)
Paul (netmail to 2:440/410, til 14th March; then to 2:442/621.13)
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