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tv> A virus can and does spread through your system when it's active
tv> in memory. It will spread when you traverse directories (which
tv> is why it is bad to scan in this manner), and infect files along
tv> the way. Each access to an executable file is like putting food
tv> in front of it, and it uses that as it's new 'host'. 
DOS is a single-process system.  When it's executing the program that
reads directories, it doesn't execute anything else.
Methinks your "virus knowledge" is more akin to "folklore".
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 23 Dec 20:41 
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