peter@uunet.uu.net (10/04/89)
I wouldn't say UNIX is virus-proof (I posted a hoax article about a UNIX virus over a year ago, just before the Internet Worm incident), but it's sure a hell of a lot more virus-resistant than DOS.
jmc@PacBell.COM (Jerry Carlin) (10/06/89)
ficc!peter@uunet.uu.net writes: >I wouldn't say UNIX is virus-proof (I posted a hoax article about a >UNIX virus over a year ago, just before the Internet Worm incident), >but it's sure a hell of a lot more virus-resistant than DOS. See "Experience with Viruses on UNIX Systems" by Tom Duff in Computing Systems, Vol 2 No 2, Sprint 89 pp: 155-181. He discusses building a true UNIX virus and the consequences thereof. - -- Jerry Carlin (415) 823-2441 {bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!jmc To dream the impossible dream. To fight the unbeatable foe.