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Can such a virus be written .... (PC)

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From: Steven van Aardt
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 09:36
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  Is it possible to write a PC virus which installs itself whenever
you place an infected disk in the drive and do a DIR command ?

Steve.

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From: vanaards@project4.computer-science.manchester.ac.uk (Steven van Aardt)
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Subject: Can such a virus be written .... (PC)
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Date: 20 Jun 91 09:36:40 GMT
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