Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: SPBK09@SDNET.BITNET (Brian Piersel) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Shrink-Wrapped Software Message-ID: <0001.9001161848.AA10905@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 15 Jan 90 13:33:19 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 21 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu On Sun, 14 Jan 90 18:02:00 -0500 said: >Vendors can help by using labelled shrink-wrap. To the extent that >users come to expect such labelling, the re-wrap strategy becomes less >effective and efficient for the retailer. Users can protect themselves >and discourage this risky practice by refusing to deal with retailers >that offer them the right to return. Another way vendors can help is to sell software on write-protected diskettes. I always (or almost always) write-protect the master diskette before putting it in the disk drive, to insure that nothing happens to my original, anyways. This would also prevent the disk from being infected. +----------------------------------------------+ | Brian Piersel | +----------------------------------------------+ | BITNET: SPBK09@SDNET | | INTERNET: SPBK09%SDNET.BITNET@VM1.NoDak.EDU | +----------------------------------------------+ | IBM = Itty Bitty Machine | +----------------------------------------------+