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From: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: virus info should not be supressed
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Date: 5 Mar 89 18:36:13 GMT
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I agree with David Lyon's comments about the workings of a virus.  While I
don't think we should go about spreading source code samples, the knowledge
about how a virus works (infection, propogation, destruction, etc.) is
important for all computer users to know and understand.

At the risk of speaking too early, as I haven't seen the final draft after it
went through the editor's pens (read: carving knives), I have written an
article about computer viruses which will be in next month's A+ magazine.
It generally discusses what a virus is, how a typical one works, and what you
can do to avoid being infected, as well as how to determine if you may have
been infected.  It is very generalized, as an introductory piece should be.
Maybe if I were writing for Dr. Dobbs I could get a little more technical
about it, but this was for A+.  In any case, it should make for interesting
reading.

--Morgan Davis

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