Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!fluke!kurt From: kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Trojan Horse a Myth? Message-ID: <2432@sputnik.COM> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 11:37:31 EST Article-I.D.: sputnik.2432 Posted: Mon Dec 7 11:37:31 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 12:49:04 EST References: <459@gtx.com> Sender: news@tc.fluke.COM Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 9 Comp.sys.amiga has recently contained an exposition of a trojan horse program, which they called a virus, that infects amiga boot disks. This one is harmless, but virulent varieties could easily be created. It is true that most specific trojan horse programs, once known, can be defeated. Their power, like the power of the original trojan horse, lies in their unexpected nature; that they are other than they seem. No myth. Fact. Reality.