Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: ACSMARTIN@EKU.BITNET (Ignorance HATES Knowledge..........!!) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: PC-security/password Message-ID: <0001.9105162013.AA02886@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 11 May 91 13:17:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 25 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu Resent-From: "A. Andrew Brennan" Thought you might be interested in seeing this - don't know if you are on this list ... A. Andrew Brennan {you don't know me from Adam - but he didn't have a belly button ... } - ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I agree that Disk Manager PC is a fantastic product. It uses a boot block protetcion scheme which doesn't let the user bypass it when they boot with a floppy disk. It also has some interesting side effects that may be worth noting --- since this program doesn't allow modifications to the boot-block of a hard disk -- it tends to inhibit the reproduction of boot-block type viruses. This program is NOT marketed by mentioning this -- it simply seems to be an artifact of the program. I attempted to infect a DMPC protected disk with a LIVE boot block virus (of the stealth variety) and it just didn't work. Hope that helps a bit! Bob Martin -- Eastern KY U -- Academic Computing Bitnet: acsmartin@eku