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From: bobb@tekfdi.TEK.COM (Robert Bales)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: virus, ARRRG!
Message-ID: <1625@tekfdi.TEK.COM>
Date: 10 Jan 88 23:03:32 GMT
References: <10081@ufcsv.cis.ufl.EDU>
Reply-To: bobb@tekfdi.UUCP (Robert Bales)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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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?

:-) :-) :-)

Sort of like using a dead (harmless) virus in a vaccine to prevent a person
from getting a disease?

:-) :-) :-)

   Bob Bales
   Tektronix, Inc.

I help Tektronix make their instruments. They don't help me make my opinions.