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From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Subject: How Microsoft ensures virus-free software
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Saw this link in an article on the ILOVEYOU virus.
This is from Microsoft's own webpage on how they ensure
virus-free software on their shipping CD's.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q80/5/20.ASP

   -snip-
   Release Insertion Into Manufacturing Network

      The master is read into a UNIX-based disk duplication system. The
      system creates an exact disk image of the master, duplicating the
      format and data. A duplicated masters is created from the original
      read in image. This silver master is used by the Product Group in
      their review, before they sign-off. The silver master is not to be
      used in the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) process. The golden master,
      delivered by the product group to the release group, is the original
      image, and is released to manufacturing when the final approvals are
      received from the product groups.

   -snip-
   
   Duplication Process

      Disks are duplicated on a variety of industrial strength, quality
      focused systems. Most of these systems are UNIX-based. The UNIX-based
      duplication systems used in manufacturing are impervious to
      MS-DOS-based, Windows- based, and Macintosh-based viruses.
      The few MS-DOS-based and Windows-based standalone duplication systems
      do not allow MS-DOS-based operating systems to access the duplication
      system. Virus protection systems used by these MS-DOS-based and
      Windows-based duplication systems strictly govern the duplication
      process, even when they are not running.

There's also an article on CNN on how linux users were unaffected
by ILOVEYOU. 
So why not just use Unix in the first place? 



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