frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) (12/20/90)
CCTR132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Nick FitzGerald) writes: >You cannot get a boot-sector infector virus fron running an executable >(possibility of trojan "implanting" prog excepted - none known of). Sorry - this is no longer true - we have now several viruses, which may spread either as a file-infector or as a boot sector-infector. On of the Bulgarian virus writers has even probised one (Real Soon Now), which will in addition also be able to infect .SYS device drivers. - -frisk - -- Fridrik Skulason University of Iceland | Technical Editor of the Virus Bulletin (UK) | Reserved for future expansion E-Mail: frisk@rhi.hi.is Fax: 354-1-28801 |