Re: A85: Re: Assembly virus
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Re: A85: Re: Assembly virus
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Phil Clark wrote:
>
> I don't really know much about how it would be done on a calc, but with
> unix for instance, most virii are put into directories where they would
> be run by the system (on boot, maintence,etc). the filename would then
> need to be inserted into some config files, but that could be done with
> a trojan. maybe with this, downloading a new shell that lookes just
> like usgard or whichever but in actuality is usgard infected with the
> virus..
>
Oh yes, because there have been what, all of 3 viruses for UN*X over time?
There are almost no trojans for UN*X, either.
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After sifting through the overwritten remaining blocks of Luke's
home directory, Luke and PDP-1 sped away from /u/lars, across the surface
of the Winchester riding Luke's flying read/write head. PDP-1 had Luke stop
at the edge of the cylinder overlooking /usr/spool/uucp.
"Unix-to-Unix Copy Program;" said PDP-1. "You will never find a
more wretched hive of bugs and flamers. We must be cautious."
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