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From: harry@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Harry Phinney)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: HP server binary viruses?
Message-ID: <100920150@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 16 Jan 90 18:32:45 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> Has anyone checked the HP server binaries for viruses, worms, et al.?
>	Arthur David Olson   ado@alw.nih.gov   ADO is a trademark of Ampex.

I guess I can understand someone from NIH being concerned with viruses :-)

While there certainly may be ordinary bugs in them, I assure you there
is no insidious worm or virus embedded there.  These binaries are
supplied by the Hewlett-Packard Company, and were done by the same
people who produce the HP product server (myself included).  There is no
more chance of a worm in these binaries than in any other program within
HP-UX.

Harry Phinney  harry@hp-pcd.cv.hp.com