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to: JOHN KISMUL
from: PAUL WALKER
date: 1996-12-14 21:29:00
subject: Macs

Hi John,
Quoting John Kismul to Rick Collins, on 08 Dec 96
 RC>> _Wrong_!  You can't infect a system by "reading a disk".  You have
 RC>> to _execute_ something to get infected.
 JK> Ever heard about BOOTSECTOR virus?
When you /boot/, then the /bootsector/ is /executed/. When you do a 
directory, or copy/delete/etc. then the bootsector isn't executed, in fact 
probably isn't even looked at.
Paul
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