Virus thought

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From: stelios valavanis
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1989 16:27

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With all this talk about this virus and that virus eliminator, and
with this resource that some curing progs put into the sys to prevent
virus, I got to thinking (dangerous).  Couldn't a virus call itself by
the name of this friendly anti-virus resource replacing the good one
if it is there?  For that metter, couldn't a virus replace any good
resource anywhere with itself (naming itself with the benign name of
course)?  Do I understand what's going on?  Has anybody thought of
this?  I hope so.  I don't want to open Pandora's box!
stel
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From: stel@tank.uchicago.edu (stelios  valavanis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Virus thought
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Date: 22 Jun 89 16:27:35 GMT
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