Jdr@RCN.BITNET (10/03/90)
Hi. I'm posting this for a friend - Dragon@RCN, if you wish to respond
personally.
I was reading through the digests of this list, and heard about a
virus called the "Whale" Virus. I was wondering, how common is it,
where does it occure, and other information like that. In addition,
is it possible to "trap" a Whale Virus on a floppy disk, and if so,
what could it do to a system (Tandy 1000, original model) without a
hard drive, or a modem. Could it do any damage to the system, and if
not, what would it do while "living" in the floppy? Are there any
viruses that can "hurt" the actual hardware of a computer that does
not contain a hard drive?
Also, I was wondering if the first version of Ultima 6, (the one with
billions of errors) could be suffering from a virus.
It seems as if only the MAP disk is corrupted, though I still get an
occasional error from the program.
Thank you.
Robert Allyn Howard
The new voice of Free Arcadia
Dragon@RCN.BITNet