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From: simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us (Simson L. Garfinkel)
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Subject: write-protection viruses
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Date: 1 Jun 90 01:13:27 GMT
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Write protection on the Apple II computer is done in software; on this
machine a virus could overcome write-protection on a floppy disk.

I once used a program that "degaused" a floppy disk in 15 seconds or
so on the Apple II, even if the floppy disk was write protected.