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From: jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (J.Cisek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: viruses rumors
Summary: Clock Virus a myth.
Message-ID: <1620@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 24 Feb 89 18:46:08 GMT
References: <976@geocub.UUCP> <6077@cbmvax.UUCP>
Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center
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In article <6077@cbmvax.UUCP>, higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom MKT) writes:
> [...] I fail to see how a virus program
> could live in the clock.  As far as I am aware, there's no NVR in the Amiga
> except for the clock registers themselves, which are CHANGING constantly (as
> time passes).

I think you're absolutely correct. My guess is that this myth  grew  out
of  the  problems  with  the A501 clock and that very strange 4--88 date
stamp bug. I can't see ANY way that a program of any kind could  sit  in
the  clock  registers.  I heard rumours even more rediculous. There were
those who claimed that the virus sits inside the clock BATTERY! Give  me
a break...
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