NP> And there are boot sector viruses that only needs a floppy to
NP> be inserted in the drive as I recall. No need to run a file.

DD> Booting a file "runs" it.

DD> Boot sector viruses seem to have lost favour in recent years.
DD> They took some skill to write, not just access to a "script
DD> kiddie toolbox". 

 Plue, the virus scans find those fairly readily (and quickly). They
only worked when no one was liooking in the boot sector (or partition
information).

Regards,
Bob


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