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From: jlg%lambda@LANL.GOV, (Jim Giles)
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Subject: Operating System virus protection (DOS & UNIX) Re: UNIX virus proof?!
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Date: 10 Oct 89 00:21:35 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.

How do you know?  The only machines DOS runs on are PCs and compatibles.
UNIX implemented on these machines would be just as vulnerable as DOS.
The most obvious weaknesses of DOS are unimportant compared to the fact
that the hardware itself has no protection mechanisms.