Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: kelly@uts.amdahl.com (Kelly Goen) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: "Computer Condom" (from Risks digest)... Message-ID: <0007.8908021134.AA00783@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 1 Aug 89 21:18:49 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 11 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu hahahahahahahahah!!!!!!! right chief just like swamp land in them thar everglades... seriously though things will not improve until vendors start going for protected mode and other tricks...I am talking about 386's and 68030's here... maybe something could be done in this area with charge cars on a 286 but I doubt it... your need that virtual 8086 partition on the 386 to have any real safety and have to be operating protected mode to take advantage of it(DESQVIEW 386, THD386.sys etc) after that then there are still so many ways to get in!! cheers kelly