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Article #2839Re: Viruses & unwriteable disks (was Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? : -P )
From: Jen Kilmer
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:32
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:32
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In article <1hqgguINNdaj@agate.berkeley.edu> tchnd-au@garnet.berkeley.edu (Yuval Oren) writes: >In article <1992Dec29.192353.1308@microsoft.com> jenk@microsoft.com (Jen Kilmer) writes: >>And, btw, viruses are not the "real" reason microsoft moved to unwriteable >>disks - at least not for ms-dos - it's because of the number of folks who >>"accidently" trashed their originals, then needed to reinstall. Special >>drives which can write to a "write-protected" disk obviously exist (like >>our duplicators) but most folks don't have them. > >If you got the software on 3.5's, couldn't you just put that little >tab thing in from another disk, put a virus on it, then take the tab >out? Yup. Just like you could cut a notch into a 5.25". It doesn't guard against determined and deliberate damage - just accidental infection or damage. (I bet you could alter tylenol capsules and reseal those packages too...) -jen my name isn't Bill and I'm not very very rich and I'm not speaking for msft
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!jenk From: jenk@microsoft.com (Jen Kilmer) Subject: Re: Viruses & unwriteable disks (was Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? : -P ) Message-ID: <1992Dec30.053230.22135@microsoft.com> Date: 30 Dec 92 05:32:30 GMT Organization: Microsoft Corporation References: <1hohvbINNr47@crcnis1.unl.edu> <1992Dec29.192353.1308@microsoft.com> <1hqgguINNdaj@agate.berkeley.edu> Distribution: usa Lines: 20