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to: JOHN WARNER
from: DAVID MUIR
date: 1998-03-19 13:28:00
subject: Re: Forget the Virus!

 -=> Quoting John Warner to All <=-
 JW> Forget the Virus. the most Distructive Force on the Computer Scene is
 JW> the File Bomb!  i reseved a File Bomb on my bbs a Few Months back
 JW> it was Marked HARDOP.Zip it was a Harddrive Optimizer Program  and
 JW> when run it would Deleted all the Harddrives partisions in one Blow!. 
 JW> With Virus its a simple task of using VET or MF's to Kill them
 JW> But what can you Do with file bombs that dont show up as Virus.
 JW> but can Do more Then just Affect Files. it can Wipe out your Drives..
     What you have described is a Trojan (not a file bomb). A Trojan is a 
program which claims to do one thing when in fact it does another (it may or 
may not actually do the thing that i claims to do).
     A file bomb is a file which when unarchived (or handled as intended) 
expands to use all free disk space on the system (much like a mail bomb). 
Other than that it does no damage. You simply need to delete the file(s) it 
creates (although this can be a great task on ocassion).
     But on the plus side, this program would certainly optimise the free 
space on your hard drive .
Dave...
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