On (03 Jan 97) John Kismul wrote to Gordon Frey...
GF>  JK> That's WRONG stupid.  When a virus is in memory it will spread to
 JK> the
GF>  JK> files that you access, and to the directories you access.
 JK> GF>
GF> Wrong, DOS is single-process.  As long as the scaning program DOES
GF> NOT use DOS or BIOS calls the virus can't get control passed to
GF> it.  If the system was COLD booted from a CLEAN floppy the virus
GF> will not be active in memory so it will be a mute point.
 JK> I know that, but that wasn't what i meant. I meant that when you access
 JK> files maybe by looking at them with some program or you access them by
 JK> some other way the virus will infect them.
Yes but with a properly writen scanner was the point, of course 
with programs the use the dos calls.......... it will spread.
Gordon
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