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Re: virus detection



Quoting Zac Epkes (ciscoaddict@home.com):
> I was unable to see who said there where no Viruses for UNIX based systems, i jsut
> wanted to tell anyone and everyone, im sure there are Virueses for ALL systems of
> anykind, even that old TANDY or whatever you can pull out of your closet/attic
> (hehe im only 17 here) im sure there is a virus SOMEWHERE for it...

Well, I'd love to see you try to infect, say, an HP9845 with a virus.
The entire OS is contained in ROM. (It isn't unique in that respect.)

Cheers,

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