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From: unpowell@csvax.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: *** VIRUS KILLER *** (It doesn't multiply!!!!!)
Message-ID: <1070@csvax.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 27 Apr 88 15:43:44 GMT
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Organisation: Computer Science CSVAX (VAX1), Liverpool University


In article <gWPck1y00WE2ATM0mK@andrew.cmu.edu>, bw0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Bryan Wu) writes:
> 
>         I'm not sure it's a great idea to have an anti-virus floating around.
> If it copies itself to disks and multiplies, it's potentialy as dangerous as a
> normal virus.  Why not just use the boot sector checking program to check your
> boot sector if you believe there's a virus on your disk?
>         I personally don't want a program scattered on my disks that I didn't
> put there myself.  I'm sure many others feel the same.

	There seems to have been a misunderstanding (mainly due to my lack
of explanation) about the anti virus. In no way does the anti virus stay
resident after boot up nor does it reproduce in any way. It simply runs
at boot up to inform the user that his/her disk does not have a virus on
it.
	The source to my program has recently been posted, for those worried
that it might be a trojan virus spreading program.
	I see no reason for not using it other than intense paranoia.

	Mark Powell

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 "...I hate the white	JANET unpowell@uk.ac.liv.csvax
  man, and the man	UUCP  {backbone}!mcvax!ukc!mupsy!liv-cs!unpowell
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