On (16 Mar 97) Shaun Budding wrote to Brandon Pilkington...
 BP> I would post F-Prot's file, VIRUS.DOC which tells what viruses are and
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 BP> BTW, they are usually made in Assembly, but it is possible in most
 BP> major languages (BASIC, C, C++, PASCAL, etc.)
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 SB> But, I am curious of one thing. How would you write a virus in
 SB> BASIC???? I use basic for making little programs for mathematics but a
 SB> virus???
Yes there are even virus written in the DOS BATCH language and let 
us not forget the MS-Micro virus(there was an infection of the ms- 
macro virus at work had the virus alert sounds made the office 
sound like we where watching star trek reruns!).  And by the way 
there are compilers for basic, MS-Quick Basic, The older Turbo 
Basic, and Power Basic and many others.
Gordon
... Man, that lighting sounds clo#A#V!&#v?##v .... NO CARRIER
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