Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 19:32:29 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: just how many known viruses are there for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20010801193228.P56755@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <BBDEEDD2EB67D311A0240008C74B9345129C52@ntxmidcity.sdccd.cc.ca.us> References: <BBDEEDD2EB67D311A0240008C74B9345129C52@ntxmidcity.sdccd.cc.ca.us>
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Precisely. This is why your average Windows virus will not run on any OS. Wether it is written in C, C++, or VB, it is going to use the OS interface to screw up your stuff. If you have one written entirely in assembly, you can access low level routines that get around the OS interface. This is the whole idea between a multi-OS program or virus. If you don't rely on the OS, you can run on any OS as long as the hardware is right. There's my $0.02 L On 08/01/01 04:34 PM, Erin Fortenberry sat at the `puter and typed: > > So, why doesn't M$ word run on my FreeBSD machine without an emulator? > > :) > > uh, because it is looking for lib's and an API the just doesn't exist on > UNIX without said emulator. Don't forget there is a big difference between > c:\ and /. > > > Just my $.02 > > > Erin > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net ԿԬ Weinberg's Second Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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