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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SCA-VIRUS (uuencode) - (nf)
Message-ID: <7596@g.ms.uky.edu>
Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 16:39:16 EST
Article-I.D.: g.7596
Posted: Thu Oct 29 16:39:16 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Nov-87 07:13:07 EST
References: <15000003@altger.UUCP>
Reply-To: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
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In article <15000003@altger.UUCP> boxdiger@altger.UUCP writes:
>- It changes the CoolCapture-pointer in Execbase in order to be
>  called each time you hit C-A-A.

I had been under the impression that C-A-A did some sort of hardware reset
and could not be trapped.  So what this means is that it possible to totally
take over the machine to the point where it must be powered down to regain
control.

This is really a shame, because some software writer is bound to use it someday
to protect his game.  Even worse, it means one can write a trojan horse that
does nasty things while the user is trying to reset his machine.

Sean

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