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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Vulnerability to Viruses <was: SoftPC>
Message-ID: <229@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jan 91 14:41:05 GMT
References: <1991Jan27.163914.8086@macc.wisc.edu> <2330@autodesk.COM> <1240@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <1991Jan28.033137.5343@macc.wisc.edu>
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anderson@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:

>If, as you say, the NeXT is completely immune to virus
>infection, then SoftPC could at worst introduce viruses into
>PC software on the NeXT, right?

	Not necessarily. Since PC-class viruses typically attempt to write
to COMMAND.COM, the boot sector, application or data files, if one sets
the UNIX permissions wisely, these objects will remain unaffected by all
but the priviledged users (who shouldn't be running these applications
anyway).

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