Spreading *from* a floppy is easy - try to boot from one, even failing to load an OS from the floppy will get the virus executed and allow it to write to hard disk. No matter what OS is on it.
The real question that remains: Is there any step in the production of the image that does involve booting from a floppy disk at any time? Friends I consulted about that said no. All of them. Sabotage? I wouldn't rule it out.... cheers, Toralv > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Montag, 17. September 2007 23:21 > To: Dirro, Toralv > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [funsec] 13-year old boot sector virus shipped > on German laptops > > On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:49:37 BST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Boot sector viruses don't spread easily (read: 'at all') > under current > > operating Systems. Doesn't matter if there is a floppy or not > > Then how did it propagate *onto* the gold system that got > imaged to create the distributed image on the laptops? :) > Firmensitz: Muenchen Amtsgericht: AG Muenchen Handelsregister: HRB 144340 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Eric F. Brown, Anthony E. Ruiseal Bankverbindung: ABN-Amro Bank N.V. Konto 671 211 9006 UST-ID: DE168122444 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
