Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!pacbell!att!ihlpa!cga66 From: cga66@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Kauffold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Public Domain/Shareware Backup Programs? Summary: BBS software - caution Message-ID: <8150@ihlpa.ATT.COM> Date: 9 Jun 88 17:00:59 GMT References: <4237@zodiac.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 9 In article <4237@zodiac.UUCP>, cbunjiov@wannabe.ads.com (Charleen Bunjiovianna) writes: > I've been trying to find a good backup program, with no success. > I'd rather not spend the bucks on something like Fastback, but > I need a routine that will do incremental backups. > > Charleen I recommend extreme caution. BBS software is a leading source of destructive "Trojan Horse"s and "viruses", plus backup software is a classic place to imbed such things. Not to mention the high liklihood of innocent bugs.