Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!schein
From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: THIS VIRUS IS A CRISIS!
Message-ID: <3090@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 88 14:00:49 GMT
References: <9659@udenva.cair.du.edu> <483@auvax.UUCP> <297@uwslh.UUCP>
Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <297@uwslh.UUCP> lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Christopher Lishka) writes:
>
>	I've got a question at this point.  Can't one thwart the virus
>in the following manner?
>
>	1) Never NEVER boot from anything but an uninfected disk that
>has its write-switch on the "can't-write-to-this-disk" position.
>
>	2) When one gets a new non-commercial disk, *always* use
>INSTALL to overwrite anything in the boot-block, thereby killing off
>the virus.
>
>I may be missing something here...I am not sure.  I haven't personally
>been infected YET, but then again I've only had my Amiga for a week now!
>
  I would not bet that the above methods will prevent you from getting a
  virus (because we have no idea of the evil still awating us), but I would
  place a bet that the above will prevent you from getting the currently known
  (to CBM anyway) virus strains that are out there.

>						-Chris
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