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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The ultimate fix!!!
Message-ID: <2689@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 27 Sep 88 22:43:31 GMT
References: <681@zehntel.UUCP> <3084@hermes.ai.mit.edu> <4197@thorin.cs.unc <4374@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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In article <4374@thorin.cs.unc.edu>, bell@unc.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Bell) writes:
> 'Taint a virus,  that's a Trojan Horse.

Nope, it's a virus. A trojan horse is a technique which you can use to
get a virus into another computer, and it's the way most viruses... including
the Amiga bootblock viruses... work. A virus is any program that hides in
a computer system and replicates itself.

> You really want your system code on a write-protectable medium if you want
> hardware virus/Trojan Horse protection,  and even that only keeps your system
> uncorrupted.

Or run a protected operating system like UNIX, where a virus has a *much* harder
time of it.
-- 
		Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
		 Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?