Re: DOS virus scan software
From: Jim Adney (jadney_at_vwtype3.org)
Date: 10/18/04
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Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:23:10 -0500
On 17 Oct 2004 08:10:21 -0700 captainvideo462002@yahoo.com (Lenny)
wrote:
>Well we have alot of old floppies floating around here that have
>questionable data on them. They get plugged into machines sometimes
>and its entirely conceivable that some unknown stuff could be spread
>around this way. Whether a Windows based virus would affect a Dos
>machine, I don't know but I suppose anything is possible. I don't want
>to take the magnetron magnet to them until I know whats on them. And
>if I could scan them first that would be great. Lenny.
You don't have to take a magnet to them to be sure of erasing any
virus on them. I think that formating will take care of this.
Actually the only thing that you are likely to get from a floppy is a
boot sector virus which would get loaded if you tried to boot to a
floppy accidentally left in the drive when you last shut down. If you
go into your BIOS and set it NOT to try to boot from the floppy drive,
that will take care of the vast majority of your potential problems.
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