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echo: os2
to: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
from: Daniela Engert
date: 1999-10-06 19:19:21
subject: Why there are no OS/2 viruses

Hi Jonathan!

Thus quoth Jonathan de Boyne Pollard to Rodrigo Cesar Banhara:

 JdBP> The fact that no-one, in the 8 or so years that 32-bit OS/2 has
 JdBP> existed so far, has produced a native OS/2 virus -- despite the

At Warpstock Europe in Bochum, I spoke with Markus Montkowski from Norman Data 
Defense (one of the producers of virus protection software). He told me, they
have exactly 4 OS/2 native viruses in their companies safe. These are no
threat at all because they are way too fat. Compare this figure to other OS's
:-)

bye, Dani

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