Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!crackers!m2c!jjmhome!lectroid!lectroid.sw.stratus.com!lennox From: lennox@minilove.diag.stratus.com (Craig Scott Lennox) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: prob w/dosread, passwd Message-ID: Date: 5 Oct 90 14:20:21 GMT References: <30320@netnews.upenn.edu> <6082@plains.NoDak.edu> Sender: usenet@lectroid.sw.stratus.com Organization: /u/minilove/lennox/.organization Lines: 14 In-reply-to: overby@plains.NoDak.edu's message of 30 Sep 90 02:50:52 GMT In article <6082@plains.NoDak.edu> overby@plains.NoDak.edu (Glen Overby) writes: The last time I got errors like that, I found the "Stoned" or "Marajuana" virus residing in the boot block of a couple dozen of my disks (fortunately it didn't touch my hard disk, and couldn't comprehend what a "Minix" is :-) Now there's a little talked-about but nontheless important aspect of MINIX ... you don't generally have to worry about viruses! -- | flame me at: lennox@minilove.diag.stratus.com, (Craig Scott Lennox) | |"Oh boy, virtual memory! Now I'm gonna make myself a REALLY BIG ram disk!" | | Disclaimer: My opinions are covered by section 2b of the Gnu Public | | License and thus do not belong to Stratus Computer. |