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From: greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOES VIRUS ATTACK 5.25' 1.44M AND PS/2 3.5' FLOPPIES
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Date: 30 Aug 89 13:41:01 GMT
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In article <8908300252.AA13419@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu> ia4@CUNIXD.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Imran Anwar) writes:
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>     DOES COMPUTER VIRUS ATTACK IBM 5.25" 1.44M AND PS2 3.5" DISKS?
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>Any details would be appreciated and also if cures are available.
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Viruses can attack the boot sector on any type of disk.  The programs on those
disks can be attacked as well.  If DOS (or BIOS) can get to it, then a virus 
can, too.

Ross M. Greenberg
Author, FLU_SHOT+


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