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From: padgett%tccslr.dnet@mmc.com (A. Padgett Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Can such a virus be written .... (PC)
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Date: 24 Jun 91 15:11:06 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 ?

Boy, I was hoping this one would go away but was rong again.

1) No: You cannot contract a PC virus by doing a DIR, a virus must be executed.

2) Once you have executed a virus, it could take control of the PC and infect
   floppies in this manner as several people have pointed out, but you cannot
   BECOME infected in this manner.

							Padgett