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From: laba-4an@web8b.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Computer viruses and the Apple ][
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Date: 22 Mar 88 19:19:04 GMT
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Reply-To: laba-4an@web8b.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Andy McFadden)
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Keywords: ohmigod - virus
Summary: There have been viruses...

Anybody out there remember "cancer DOS?"  It wrote itself onto DOS 3.3 disks
whenever you swapped them, and very carefully made a copy of itself whenever
you tried to "PR#6" with a new disk.  Never touched a write protected disk,
so it never gave itself away until the fatal moment.

Every once in a while the disk you were using would erase itself.  Without
warning of any kind, the disk drive would suddenly scrub the floppy.

This kind of virus is like a Terminator with rubber skin - easy to spot.  The
//gs presents a whole series of interesting problems (especially desk
accessories...)

Even the stuff posted here may not be safe anymore (disconnect drives while
generating fractals unattended!)

-- 
"[the computer]'s dead, Jim!"