RC> tv> A virus can and does spread through your system when it's active
RC> tv> in memory. It will spread when you traverse directories (which
RC> tv> is why it is bad to scan in this manner), and infect files along
RC> tv> the way. Each access to an executable file is like putting food
RC> tv> in front of it, and it uses that as it's new 'host'.
RC>
RC> DOS is a single-process system.  When it's executing the program that
RC> reads directories, it doesn't execute anything else.
RC>
That's WRONG stupid.  When a virus is in memory it will spread to the files 
that you access, and to the directories you access.
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