consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett Kessler) (05/03/90)
A question a friend of mine just put to me about the A3000 got me thinking about something. All of the viruses that currently exist on the Amiga - what are they going to do now under the new OS? Since most viruses (viri?) don't do things in a legal way, are they now going to seriously break the system if you run an infected application or use an infected diskette? A related question, I guess. Custom bootblocks are very similar to a bootblock virus in that they do things in a nonstandard way. Are all of the programs that use custom bootblocks (ie: games) going to break under 2.0? Any ideas? +------///-+------------------| BRETT KESSLER |------------------+-\\\------+ | /// | consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | \\\ | | \\\/// | consp11@bingvaxa.BITNET | \\\/// | | \XX/ | (PeopleLink) B.KESSLER | \XX/ | +----------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------+
dalka@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (kenneth.j.dalka) (05/03/90)
From article <3397@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>, by consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett Kessler): > A question a friend of mine just put to me about the A3000 got me thinking > about something. All of the viruses that currently exist on the Amiga - > what are they going to do now under the new OS? One thing will that will come of the 3000 is that people may begin writing viruses that attack the hard disk. I know that there are some of them now, but with every 3000 having a hard disk, it will probably make it seem more worth the trouble. (Hope I didn't give anyone any ideas) -- Ken Dalka (Bell Labs) att!ihlpz!dalka IH 4H-416 (312) 979-6930