From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 23 16:46:36 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id QAA26010 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Jan 1995 16:46:36 -0800 Received: from cs.weber.edu (cs.weber.edu [137.190.16.16]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id QAA26004 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 1995 16:46:35 -0800 Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA10359; Mon, 23 Jan 95 17:40:30 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9501240040.AA10359@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: Virus Scanner To: gfoster@osmre.gov (Glen Foster) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 17:40:29 MST Cc: julian@tfs.com, dbaker@concorde-mail.neosoft.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199501232315.SAA26113@nomad.osmre.gov> from "Glen Foster" at Jan 23, 95 06:15:36 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I would classify a boot block virus as a hardware virus rather than an > OS-specific one (although it will only propagate through DOS). I can see the T shirt now "Running DOS is like not wearing a condom" Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.