Amiga Virus
17-May-88 23:51:15
Sb: #125155-Amiga Virus
Fm: GreG Tsadilas/SYSOP 73270,3574
To: JOHN R. ROGERS 74146,3243
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John, you cannot get infeted by a virus by downloading software, and
un-arcing it. We test all software before making it public, and also check
to see that it doesn't infect the system with a virus. However, there is
no guarantee that a program won't do something after xx number of uses. All
in all we do our best to screen files. The best way to get a virus
however, is to boot with an infected disk.
Andy Finkel stressed here several times that there is no way for a virus to
live in the clock. There is VERY LITTLE ram in the clock, making it
impossible for a virus to hide there.