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to: SCOTT MCNAY
from: NATHAN MALYON
date: 1998-01-02 21:58:00
subject: Code in Boot Sector

-=> A Communique from Scott Mcnay to Peter Magnusson was being thrown out the
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 SM> *** Peter Magnusson wrote in a message to Scott McNay:
 
 SM> This is why DOS boot-sector
 SM> viruses don't normally spread under those environments.
 
 PM> "DOS boot-sector viruses" ;-)
 SM> Ok, 16-bit mode boot-sector viruses.  ;)
you mustn't be refering to win95, cause when ever you get a 16-bit virus
just to help win 95 goes into 16-bit mode, (ms-dos compatibility mode, akin
to safe mode)
cya
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