From: "Niels Petersen" 
Reply-To: NielsP{at}bigfoot.com, Fidonet AVtech Echo 


Hi David

01 Apr 04 22:30, Niels Petersen wrote to All:

 ac>> I think the most harmful thing possible was to
 ac>> redefine the keys on the keyboard though.

 NP> That's still enough to erase someones hard disk

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

Booting a file "runs" it.

You only needed to put the Floppy into the drive AFTER the machine was
operational

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

I could send you some floppies if you wish to become reacquainted

Cheers
Niels


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