Re: virus protection on apple ][ e's

[rbraun@cisco-slip114.acc.virginia.edu (The RolfMan)]

Dave Althoff (dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: If operating strictly off of floppies, the danger of virus infection is
: nearly zero.  I know of almost no viruses for the Apple ][; the only one I
: know of is one that puts a viral form of DOS 3.3 onto any disk it
: encounters.  As near as I can tell, this particular virus is benign,
: except that it changes the DISK VOLUME header.
: It's easy to get rid of, too, by just copying a clean DOS off of another disk.

: Since the vast majority of ]['s are floppy-based, Apple ][ viruses are rare.

: --Dave Althoff, Jr.
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Ummmm, actually, there are two ProDOS 8-based viruses: Festering Hate and
CyberAIDS. They hide in SYS files and can cause massive damage. There are
programs out there that deal with this, though.

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