Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw
From: Kevin_Haney@NIHDCRT
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: OS/2 Viruses (OS/2)
Message-ID: <0008.9011191418.AA28547@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 90 15:43:22 GMT
Sender: Virus Discussion List <VIRUS-L@LEHIIBM1>
Lines: 11
Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu

I am doing research for a paper on viruses in OS/2 systems.  I will be
covering OS/2-specific viruses (only theoretically at this point) as
well as DOS viruses on mixed DOS and OS/2 systems.  If anyone has any
information on this topic (real life experiences, references, etc.) I
would very much appreciate it if you could e-mail it to me at
khv@nihdcrt on Bitnet.  Questions of interest concern the possibility
of DOS viruses infecting and corrupting a system when an infected
program is run in the DOS box of OS/2.  Are only some types of DOS
viruses capable of doing this?  Is the damage different from what
would occur on a DOS machine.  Is it possible for DOS memory-resident
viruses to activate in the DOS box?  Thanks in advance!