RK>In a message dated , Fabio Mascarenhas wrote
to Robert 
RK>King:
FM> Now I ask: what does it have to do with OS/2?

RK> Considering the lack of decent virus scanners for OS/2 and 
RK>the likelyhood that this virus could sit idly by infecting 
RK>disks inserted in your system and any fat volumes you may 
RK>have, this is highly relevent even to OS/2, which does 
RK>have it's share of virus problems as well.
RK> Robert

I would like to point out the following:

You appear to be ignoring the fact that OS/2 is a protected mode
operating system. Many DOS based viruses will not survive
in a protected mode OS, except for in VDMs. Even in this case, the virus
will only live while the VDM is open. DOS programs can't *directly*
read/write to the hardisk (using BIOS/DOS services) while OS/2 is running,
nor can they write to running OS/2 EXE files. Therefore, viruses have much
more limited powers under OS/2 then under DOS. (Especially if you only use
OS/2 programs...)

Also, many DOS based scan programs will be just as efficient under
OS/2 at detecting DOS based viruses, and there are several OS/2 based
virus scanners that I know of.

Brian May

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