Hi Chris
 CC> What you just described is a "Batch Bomb" not a virus dropper,
 CC> which I admit it is a trojan, but not a trojan virus that activates
 CC> at a certain time and infects the hard drive and spreads.
 CV> What he is describing is this.
 CV> @echo off
 CV> format C: /autotest > nul
 CV> This isn't much of a real trogen.
For the first time computer user, it can
be very dangerous.
A trusty Batch bomb, you can disable it by renaming
your format.com to something that only you know off.
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