Re: Preventive Methods (PC)

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1 total messages Started by Fridrik Skulason Fri, 11 Dec 1992 08:16

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Author: Fridrik Skulason
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 08:16

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fwilliam@dev1.smcm.edu (Frank Williams) writes:

>I am looking for software that will prevent an infected floppy diskette  
>from transfering a virus to a hard disk.

Sorry - this is not really possible.  You cannot use software to *prevent*
the hard disk from becoming infected, if you boot from an infected floppy disk,

This can be achived via hardware methods, but software can only detect boot
sector infections after the fact - not prevent it.

- -frisk

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