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From: rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Virus
Message-ID: <5844.261cc604@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 6 Apr 90 16:38:27 GMT
References: <1990Apr3.113209.2051@iesd.auc.dk>
Organization: Computer Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin
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In article <1990Apr3.113209.2051@iesd.auc.dk>, claus@iesd.auc.dk (Claus S. Jensen) writes:
> Hello.
> 
> Does anybody out there know, if it is possible to write on
> a write-protected disk, and in that way, infect it with a
> virus? If it possible, how can it be done ?
> 
>    Claus S.Jensen (claus@iesd.auc.dk)

It is NOT possible. You can make the operating system think you've written to a
write-protected disk but it's physically impossible to alter its contents in
any way.

"To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie