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Article #919Re: Future OS virus immunity.
From: peter da silva
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 21:12
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 21:12
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In article <1992Dec31.172536.16049@das.harvard.edu> adam@endor.uucp (Adam Shostack) writes: > Does anyone care to comment on why there are so many more MS-Dos > viruses out there, There are more MS-DOS *systems* out there, which makes them more desirable targets. Mac users tend to be less technically oriented, which further reduces the pool of virus writers. If the systems were equally popular, I would expect many more Mac viruses because the Mac has so many more interesting places to hide viruses. The Amiga has even fewer viruses out than the Mac, despite some *lovely* hooks for viruses to hang from. It's simply a matter of popularity. UNIX viruses are by no means impossible... neither are viruses hidden in source code (do you REALLY read all of GCC?). -- Peter da Silva `-_-' Ferranti International Controls Corporation 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012 USA +1 713 274 5180 "Zure otsoa besarkatu al duzu gaur?"
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!ficc!peter From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) Subject: Re: Future OS virus immunity. Message-ID: <id.IAFW.46L@ferranti.com> Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <eronald.725752239@ruble> <1hv07gINN3mn@rave.larc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec31.172536.16049@das.harvard.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:12:36 GMT Lines: 20