10 Oct 97 14:40, Berk Ozbozkurt wrote to Wayne Chirnside:
BO> Hi Wayne Chirnside,
BO> it seems impossible that after unzipping something you get a virus..
BO> but it is not impossible to get a boot sector virus from a downloaded
BO> executable file, it may be a virus dropper and it may trick the
BO> antivirus software..
It is not impossible to get a virus simply by unzipping something. You can
also activate a virus by copying a file.
Some boot sector files also attach to overlay files as well as executables.
Catch You Around the Ridges,
Larry
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