Re: Future OS virus immunity.

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From: peter da silva
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 18:57

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In article <bontchev.726252904@fbihh> bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de writes:
> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
> > 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.

> That's not true, sorry. It's exactly the other way around. There are
> about 150 Amiga viruses and about 35 Mac viruses.

There must have been some pretty explosive growth in the Amiga virus scene
recently, then. Certainly my information isn't up to date.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!ficc!peter
From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: Future OS virus immunity.
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Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:57:22 GMT
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