pm111@tharr.UUCP (Paul Martin) (11/06/90)
Would it surprise the net if I said that CPM Plus is not immune to
viruses?
The main thing in its favour/susceptibility is its control over
error messages.
I see some questions forming...
Yes, I have written one -- it's about 3/4 K in length, and it's not leaving
my write-protected floppy.
--
If life is just a bowl of cherries, you'd better watch out for the stones.
Paul Martin. pm111@tharr.uucp INTERNET: pm111%tharr.uucp@ukc.ac.uk
<-- tharr *free* public access to Usenet in the UK 0234 261804 -->fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay) (11/07/90)
In article <1392@tharr.UUCP> pm111@tharr.UUCP (Paul Martin) writes: >Would it surprise the net if I said that CPM Plus is not immune to >viruses? > cp/m 2.2 is an easy target for viruses as well, but the virus craze came after the retirement of 2.2 in favor of msdos, so you don't see many viruses around. -- fzsitvay@techbook.COM - but don't quote me on that.... American Oil Company motto - Bend over, We'll pump!!!
callisto@blake.u.washington.edu (Finn) (11/08/90)
In article <1990Nov7.112631.9252@techbook.com> fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay) writes: >In article <1392@tharr.UUCP> pm111@tharr.UUCP (Paul Martin) writes: >>Would it surprise the net if I said that CPM Plus is not immune to >after the retirement of 2.2 in favor of msdos, so you don't see many >viruses around. > > I understand that cp/m virus was invented and that was quite lethal, but it didn't go very far. Probably had something to do with the >200 K library of system specific overlay files that came with it. ;}
pittman@mwk.uucp (V. Darrell Pittman, M.W. Kellogg, KT26, 713-753-4410) (11/08/90)
In article <1990Nov7.112631.9252@techbook.com>, fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay) writes: > cp/m 2.2 is an easy target for viruses as well, but the virus craze came > after the retirement of 2.2 in favor of msdos, so you don't see many > viruses around. Shhhh! They're listening! ;-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. Darrell Pittman The M. W. Kellogg Co. Email: pittman@mwk.uucp Sr. Systems Programmer 601 Jefferson Ave, KT26 CompuServe: 72277,3146 Houston, TX 77002 Phone: (713) 753-4410 Fax: (713) 753-5353 The opinions expressed herein are my own, not necessarily those of my employer or any other third party (and who would blame them?) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
slsw2@cc.usu.edu (11/09/90)
In article <1392@tharr.UUCP>, pm111@tharr.UUCP (Paul Martin) writes: > Would it surprise the net if I said that CPM Plus is not immune to > viruses? I always knew that CP/M was not immune, but I really see no way to make a virus general enough to infect *every* CP/M system. For example, the boot drive on my DECmate is drive E:, not A:, and most of CP/M is stored in a file. So you couldn't infect my system by just scribbling all over track 0 of drive A:. -- =============================================================================== Roger Ivie 35 S 300 W Logan, Ut. 84321 (801) 752-8633 ===============================================================================
fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay) (11/11/90)
In article <1990Nov8.111627.42046@cc.usu.edu> slsw2@cc.usu.edu writes: >In article <1392@tharr.UUCP>, pm111@tharr.UUCP (Paul Martin) writes: >> Would it surprise the net if I said that CPM Plus is not immune to >> viruses? > >I always knew that CP/M was not immune, but I really see no way to make >a virus general enough to infect *every* CP/M system. For example, the >boot drive on my DECmate is drive E:, not A:, and most of CP/M is stored >in a file. So you couldn't infect my system by just scribbling all over >track 0 of drive A:. >-- ture, but there are other nasties you can do, like allocating disk space to hidden files, tagging on a few extra blocks to .COM files, and even twiddling stuff in the directory so text files will be scrambled in chunks of 128 bytes. but whatever you do, don't try this at home... -- fzsitvay@techbook.COM - but don't quote me on that.... American Oil Company motto - Bend over, We'll pump!!!