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echo: virus_info
to: DAVID CHORD
from: EVERT CLONEN
date: 1997-10-25 01:58:00
subject: 2 questions

 DC> Actually, trojans are easy to code. I could happily write a
 DC> trojan now, but I'm a long way from being able to write a
 DC> virus. Trojan's get their name from the Trojan Horse, and are
 DC> programs that pretend to do something usefull (and sometimes
 DC> actually do something usefull) while they do something
 DC> harmfull. One example was PKZIP 3.00, another is the
 DC> README.EXE found in some ZIP archives.
 DC> I believe you're thinking of various types of Steakth virus?
Yes, thanx for pointing out my mistake.
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