3XMQGAA@CMUVM (Sari) (08/25/89)
In reply to Dan Carr's question. No, when you lock a macintosh disk and st ick in the drive, there is absolutley no way for the virus to infect the disk. Acknowledge-To: <3XMQGAA@CMUVM>
rbl@uunet.UU.NET ( Dr. Robin Lake ) (09/08/89)
In article <0001.8908281204.AA22127@ge.sei.cmu.edu> 3XMQGAA@CMUVM writes: |>In reply to Dan Carr's question. No, when you lock a macintosh disk and stick |>in the drive, there is absolutley no way for the virus to infect the disk. It was my understanding that the locked disk signal is read by software, not by the Mac's hardware. The standard device driver(s) for the floppy may prevent writing to a locked disk, but a virus could override the driver(s) and infect the disk --- if my understanding is correct. Rob Lake BP Research uunet!nitrex!rbl [Ed. VIRUS-L veterans will recognize this topic, much to their consternation. Please folks, let's *PLEASE* not flood the "airwaves" with hearsay. If someone has something that can be substantiated (preferably via a citation from a vendor's technical document) to offer on this, then please do so - otherwise, please let us all RUN LIKE MAD AWAY FROM THIS TOPIC.]