-=> Mocking Paul to Andreas <=-
  (Mock, mOck, moCk, mocK)
 AM> And what's about companion viruses? It is as easy as writing 
 PW> Not really - for starters, I don't know of a pascal compiler that
 PW> creates  com files. If you don't have one of those, you have to write a
 PW> virus which  drops a .COM file which contains a fully working version
 PW> of the virus.  
 PW> Not impossible, but certainly more hassle than it's worth. Gimme
 PW> assembler  any day. 
paul, did you consider the possibility of writing it as an exe file and
then simply renaming to a com extension?... companion viruses work
because dos sees them in the directory as com files, i don't think they
actually need to be com files internally...
... wash, rinse, repeat...
                   
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