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echo: os2prog
to: Pierre Vandevenne
from: George White
date: 1995-01-11 05:05:50
subject: Re: Virus Hysteria

Hi Pierre,

PV> > Its viruses, and OS/2 won't let them get around it. Go do
PV> > some research on OS/2.

PV>Although the post you answered wasn't very realistic, I'd
PV>suggest you do some research on virus before posting such
PV>categorical messages...

PV>Your reply is based on the false assumption that viruses
PV>work the way they were described in the first post : it is
PV>not the case.

We were discussing his specific suggestions for loopholes so it was not
a false assumption. I do understand that there are ways of writing OS/2
viruses but I do not know enough to do it myself and like others I do
take precautions.

George

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