Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: hutto@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Jon Hutto) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: viruses that reprogram ANSI keys Message-ID: <0004.8908041206.AA09232@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 3 Aug 89 22:18:25 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 14 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu They don't usually harm people using communications softwares as much as it does BBS's, because the sequences are set for only certain directories, and files. IBM's ANSI.SYS doesn't let you filter them out eithere. There are some ANSI substitutes that do. Such as NANSI, and PC-Mag had one in an issue called ANSI.COM. - -- - -- Jon Hutto PC-Tech BBS (214)271-8899 2400 baud USENET: {ames, texbell, rutgers, portal}!attctc!hutto INTERNET: hutto@attctc.dallas.tx.us or attctc!hutto@ames.arc.nasa.gov