In a message dated , Jonathan Markevich wrote to Robert 
King:
JM>     Yup, you got that right.  Only it ain't JdeBP you're talking 
JM> about!
JM> 
JM>   | You show me
JM>   | a stupid basic application that relies on the operating system to 
JM> do 
JM> any 
JM>   |and all I/O. Virusi by-pass the operating system entirely. Get it? 
JM> Good.
JM> 
JM>     Just for kicks, boot up a VDM and run something that bypasses the 
JM> OS
JM> entirely, a sector editor, a DOS game or something.  Hmmm... run the 
JM> DOS 
JM> game
JM> in a window.  Hey, isn't that doing DIRECT SCREEN WRITES?  Why does 
JM> it only
JM> print in a window?
JM> 
 Been there, done that.. Screen writes use memory, and hence can be stopped
¨by the OS, direct port I/O is another matter entirely. Are you truely so
¨blind that you do not understand the topic? The point was and is, though
¨virus attacks have not been a big problem under OS/2, the key point is
they ¨haven't been YET. And this attitude of, it can't happen here, only
envites ¨the problem. There is nothing that cannot be done, clearly, common
sense is ¨lacking in anyone arguing against the eventuality of virus
attacks on OS/2 ¨based systems.
  Robert

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