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From: bryce@cbmvax.UUCP (Bryce Nesbitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: viruses rumors
Message-ID: <6081@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 89 22:39:56 GMT
References: <976@geocub.UUCP>
Reply-To: bryce@cbmvax.UUCP (Bryce Nesbitt)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <976@geocub.UUCP> olva@geocub.UUCP (Olivier Vayssettes ) writes:
>
>I have been told about a clock virus that stays in the clock memory.
>Some other said that a new virus could write on disks, even if write-protected.
>...I am particularly waiting for a reply from Commodore people.
>Thanks in advance.

Both rumors are totally false.  There is no space in the clock for
a virus.  Even if there was space, we never execute the clock :-),
so the virus could never get started.

Write protection is handled BY THE DISK DRIVE UNIT.  Even if a virus tasks
direct control of the disk hardware, it can not modify the data on a disk.


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Disclaimer: I'm not an official, and this is not an official opinion.