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From: CHESS@YKTVMV.BITNET (David.M..Chess)
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Subject: Spafford's and WHMurray's "Theorems"
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Date: 3 Jan 90 00:00:00 GMT
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Shouldn't these really be called "Hypotheses", or something along that
line?  They've certainly not been proven!   *8)

William Murray suggests some more, including:

> 6. The current vector for viruses is floppy disks and diskettes, not
> programs.  That is to say, it is the media, rather than the programs,
> that are moving and being shared.

That's not particularly true, I don't think.   Both disk/ette based
and program based viruses are spreading at the moment.   The most
widespread virus in the PC area is the 1813 ("Jerusalem"), which is
program-based; its vector is program files (generally .EXE or .COM),
not media.

DC