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Article #7054Viruses
From: Stephen Harold Goldstein
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 16:27
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 16:27
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The only problem with an 'anti-body' program is that some jerk will no doubt create a virus that 'looks' like an antibody program, flashing the screen, etc, so you think you're safe, when in fact you're being infected. The best defense would be source code to an anti-body program so that you could customize the bootup action. If my disk boots and says "Steve Goldstein, this disk is safe" I can be pretty sure it's MY message, and not a deviant strain of a 'public' anti-body program with a much more generic message.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!SAIC.COM!steveg From: steveg@SAIC.COM (Stephen Harold Goldstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Viruses Message-ID: <9001151627.AA03713@CASPIAN.SAIC.COM> Date: 15 Jan 90 16:27:10 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 8