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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: virus, ARRRG!
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Date: 8 Jan 88 23:21:51 GMT
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In article <10081@ufcsv.cis.ufl.EDU> soo@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Chong L Soo) writes:
>I was wondering, since the SCA virus is harmless (sort of), if we let it
>hang around, wouldn't that stop any future versions of (perhaps harmful)
>virus that uses the boot block also?  I mean, the good (sort of) virus
>would have the control of the computer on reboot if it got there before
>the bad virus.  (Sorry)

I love it!  Core Wars played out with viruses!  The good guys vs the bad guys!  

Sean
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