Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu (Usenet News Account) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: preventing virus attacks (PC) Message-ID: <0010.8909261721.AA06193@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 26 Sep 89 17:06:57 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion ListLines: 9 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu subject mentioned, so here goes (with a dumb idea). Will changeing a file attribute to READ ONLY stop or slow down a virus? What about write locking a whole Directory? Does hiding a file or directory have any effect??? I'm guessing that a virus will disregard any attribute settings. -ted- ted@helios.ucsc.edu From: ted@helios (Ted Cantrall) Path: helios!ted