Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Virus in Text Files Message-ID: <0008.9004091138.AA06134@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 6 Apr 90 17:15:24 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 10 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu There's one class of text files that can easily carry viruses: program source files. See my "usenet virus" article (first posted shortly before the Internet Worm incident, reposted periodically whenever assertions that text files or source code files are safe come up) for more on this subject... or just consider the Obfuscated C Contest. - -- _--_|\ `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ 'U` \_.--._/ v