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From: jmc@PacBell.COM (Jerry Carlin)
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Subject: Re: UNIX virus proof?! (UNIX)
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Date: 6 Oct 89 15:22:42 GMT
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ficc!peter@uunet.uu.net writes:
>I wouldn't say UNIX is virus-proof (I posted a hoax article about a
>UNIX virus over a year ago, just before the Internet Worm incident),
>but it's sure a hell of a lot more virus-resistant than DOS.

See "Experience with Viruses on UNIX Systems" by Tom Duff in Computing
Systems, Vol 2 No 2, Sprint 89 pp: 155-181. He discusses building a true
UNIX virus and the consequences thereof.

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