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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Trojan Horse a Myth?
Message-ID: <603X@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jan 88 00:00:00 GMT
References: <2432@sputnik.COM>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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in article <2432@sputnik.COM>, kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth) says:
 
> Comp.sys.amiga has recently contained an exposition of a trojan horse
> program, which they called a virus, that infects amiga boot disks.  This one
> is harmless, but virulent varieties could easily be created.
     ^^^^^^^^

Not true, it will destroy many copy-protected programs! You know, the
ones that you spend lots of your own money on.
 
> It is true that most specific trojan horse programs, once known, can be
> defeated.  Their power, like the power of the original trojan horse, lies in
> their unexpected nature; that they are other than they seem.
 
> No myth.  Fact.  Reality.

Unfortunatly, this one is a reality. And just when we thought it was
under control, a new mutation of the virus reared it ugly head. But
Commodore is taking active measures to stomp it out.
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