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Article #4614Re: Can such a virus be written .... (PC)
From: Fridrik Skulason
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 10:12
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 10:12
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>vanaards@project4.computer-science.manchester.ac.uk (Steven van Aardt) writes: > 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 ? Not only possible - many such viruses already exist. They are either boot sector infectors which intercept INT13 and infect a disk whenever it is read from, or file infectors which intercept the FindFirst/FindNext functions - the DIR and DIR-2 viruses are a prime example. - -frisk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Can such a virus be written .... (PC) Message-ID: <0012.9106251509.AA25956@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 10:12:24 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List <VIRUS-L@LEHIIBM1> Lines: 10 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu