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dd> What about systems that HAVE no ram at ALL, and the only memory
dd> they have to work with is below the 1024k barrier, such as 8088,
dd> and AT-class machines? Can't they be infected as well? 
RAM: - Random Access Memory.  8088's have RAM, as do AT-class
machines.  Even the old L304 had RAM - even though it was magnetic
core.  Commonly called "memory", or "the store" in the U.K.
Did you say you were the local virus expert at wherever you are?
GF> Having the virus sitting in a buffer not active is NOT being
GF> infected.  Yes a scanner will find it in memory but the virus HAS
GF> NOT been excuted, and will be over written by the next request if
GF> it is not excuted.
dd> But having it in memory WILL eventually infect SOMETHING on the
dd> system, whether it be files, or the boot sector of a disk when
dd> formatted, or worse. 
No, it _won't_.  It will infect absolutely nothing at all unless the
CPU should happen to put that address in the IP and start executing
the code.  And there is no reason whatsoever for the CPU to start
executing random memory addresses - and that's what it would take for
this to happen.
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 8 Jan 20:41 
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