Virus Checking

From: Pjoules1_at_cs.com <(Pjoules1_at_cs.com)>
Date: Wed Dec 30 23:32:28 1998

In a message dated 30/12/98 21:49:06 GMT Standard Time,
ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk writes:

> What you're not going to get is the odd one or two CD-ROMs that are
> infected, unlike floppies where it could easily happen.

Agreed, apart from home produced or piarate ones which you have already
pointed out are always suspect. IIRC there have been rare ocasions where
floppies have been distributed with viruses in bulk, one was a batch of
preformatted ones where the master (or duplicating machine or whatever) was
infected with aa boot sector vvirus, and I belive that there has been at least
on occasion where a major software house accidentally distributed some but
that was many years ago.

Regards
Pete
Received on Wed Dec 30 1998 - 23:32:28 GMT