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From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The ultimate fix!!!
Message-ID: <3944@enea.se>
Date: 14 Sep 88 12:47:08 GMT
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In article <681@zehntel.UUCP> donw@zehntel (Don White) writes:
-[simple mind, simple idea. It's not just a good idea. It's the way i am.]
-
-   Do you supose it would be difficult for Commodore to put a little CRC
- check in their Kickstart and Workbench Boot blocks to INSURE that no 
- virus had been installed? Any time you do boot, a message could come 
- up saying "Kickstart HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH!!!" and/or "Workbench HAS BEEN
- TAMPERED WITH!!!" if such is the case.
-
-   Is there any reason that this virus baloney has to drag on and on?
-
-   Don White
-   zehntel!donw  
-   {ihnp4 | akgua | seismo | tektronix}!zehntel!donw
-   Box 271177  Concord, CA. 94527-1177 
-
I saw a magazine ad in a german 'zine, maybe Kickstart, where they
sold a custom kickstart rom with some virus checking added. I don't
know if it is any good, or legal, but it seems to be possible to
do something anyway...