Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 18:15:36 -0500 From: Glen Foster <gfoster@osmre.gov> To: julian@tfs.com Cc: terry@cs.weber.edu, dbaker@concorde-mail.neosoft.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Virus Scanner Message-ID: <199501232315.SAA26113@nomad.osmre.gov> In-Reply-To: <m0rWWl8-0003wdC@TFS.COM> (julian@tfs.com)
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> From: julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer) > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 13:57:13 -0800 (PST) > Cc: dbaker@concorde-mail.neosoft.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org > > > > Where can I get a virus for FreeBSD? > hmm I bet we would be susceptible to a bootblock virus.. ? Well, most common PC boot block viruses know only about booting DOS and, typically, reveal themselves by not honoring the boot select choice the user makes. When a client says "my computer won't boot Unix anymore!" I always have them scan for a boot block virus and, almost always, it has turned out they have one. I would classify a boot block virus as a hardware virus rather than an OS-specific one (although it will only propagate through DOS). Glen Foster <gfoster@osmre.gov>
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