Viruses

[Michael Sauers]

>Can anyone confirm this assertation?  It has always been my understanding
>that files have to be read to spread a virus.  We have our WinNT
>workstations
>locked down so users can write to the A: drive, but cannot open any files.
>Technically a save file dialog box has to read the directory of a disk to
>display its contents.  But are there know viruses that can spead from
merely
>a directory read?

At a prior position in a major university we have a virus problem at one
point.  The virus in question (never did name it) infected the boot sector
and the FAT.  So, if you read the directory of a floppy your machine was
infected.  (Real fun cleaning that one up...)

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