Re: Rainbows and viruses?

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From: The Long Haired One
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 04:42

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In article <1991Jun12.145542.48077@cc.usu.edu> slsw2@cc.usu.edu writes:

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   In article <ROCKER.91Jun12102832@bucsf.bu.edu>, rocker@bucsf.bu.edu (The Long Haired One) writes:
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   > I was wondering if anyone has ever run across a Virus on the Rainbow and if
   > there are and if there are any checkers for them?

   I sincerely doubt that there are any viruses on the Rainbow. It's such a 
   niche machine that it's probably not worth a virus writer's time to go through
   all that trouble to annoy so few people.

   Roger Ivie
   slsw2@cc.usu.edu

Aren't you forgetting the possibility of generic MS-DOS viruses?

-Rocker

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