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From: PHYS169@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Mark Aitchison, U of Canty; Physics)
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Subject: Re: Can such a virus be written .... (PC)
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Date: 21 Jun 91 05:43:00 GMT
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vanaards@project4.computer-science.manchester.ac.uk (Steven van Aardt) writes:
>
>   Is it possible to write a PC virus which installs itself whenever
> you place an infected disk in the drive and do a DIR command ?

Yes. But on a PC this requires certain conditions, which mean it
probably wouldn't spread very far.

Mark Aitchison, Physics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.