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From: jim@coplex
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The REAL virus problem
Message-ID: <265@coplex>
Date: 4 Jan 88 09:50:00 GMT
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In article <7967@g.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
>
>The designers at Commodore Amiga should have never made it possible to
>install a virus in such a way.  One *cannot* rely on ignorance as
>protection against programmers with bad intentions.
>
	Interesting how you put the blame off on the developers of the Amiga!
I am sure that if you studied aspects of development and MAINTENANCE of a 
computer system you would find quite a good reason to put in the gap in the
boot sector of the disk.  It has to do with improvements to the computer's
operating system without totally rewriting the whole thing.  This allows us
to run 1.1 programs on our 1.2 kickstart systems.  The guys did all they could
within reason and I for one think they deserve a hats-off instead of "it's all
your fault." attitudes.

>I suggest that people stop flaming the virus people.  It's a waste of
>bandwidth, and it makes them happy because they know they did their job
>right.  It's not going to help one bit.  As a matter of fact, it's just
>showing potential virus writers how infamous their programs can be.
>
Shhhh!  If flaming the virus writers will make them happy, what do you think
flaming C-A will do for their egos?  If you want a conversation to die, just
sit back and watch it; don't add to it.  I have no desires for the conversation
to stop about the viruses, but also would like to see the flames die a bit.

>Sean
>
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>--  (the Empire guy)         {rutgers,uunet,cbosgd}!ukma!sean
>--  University of Kentucky in Lexington Kentucky, USA
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