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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The ultimate fix!!!
Message-ID: <2904@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 16 Sep 88 19:15:09 GMT
References: <681@zehntel.UUCP> <2881@amiga.UUCP> <16144@onfcanim.UUCP>
Reply-To: jimm@cloyd.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, Los Gatos CA
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In article <16144@onfcanim.UUCP> dave@onfcanim.UUCP (Dave Martindale) writes:
)In article <2881@amiga.UUCP> jimm@cloyd.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) writes:
)>
)>Read up on viruses: you can't protect against them using any means
)>you would like to live with.  The best thing to do is to help this
)>fad pass.
)
)How about hardware memory protection?  It actually helps you debug
)code, and may allow "virtual memory", but as a side effect it can
)absolutely prevent viruses that install themselves in the operating
)system somewhere.

Maybe we should add that to V1.4.  I'm sure there are no viruses in
the history of, say, un*x.

People use files for viruses on most systems that I've read about.
I think they do that on un*x just fine.

)Or is this still too radical an idea for a "personal computer"?

A little pricey, to be assumed for the base model of a family.

	jimm


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