At 09:46 26/10/98 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>To my knowledge (which is very little :), there are no viruses for
>linux/Unix. What you DO have to worry about are trojan horses. A virus
>is a PIECE OF DATA that is encapsulated in an executable, when run...it
>replicates itself and spreads across ANY connection-oriented
>communications...(floppy disks, networks, etc.) A trojan horse on the
>other hand, does NOT replicate...but is actually a program that when
>runs, looks like it is doing one thing, but does somthing else (usually
>harmful). In UNIX, the harm done is USUALLY contained (unlike the Morris
>Jr. Virus)...
>
what about boot sector viruses? are they possible? i am not really up on
viruses and how they work...
adrian b.
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