Viruses

[Jim Richards]

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> 
> Michael Sauers wrote in reply:
> 
> Re: Public Internet access and floppy drives -Reply
> 
> > >So they can use any disk they have.  No uploads, no viruses.
> >
> > Unfortunately, some viruses only need you to just access the disk so not
> > allowing anything to be uploaded won't protect you completely.  (Not that
> > there's a way to protect any computer completely short of unplugging it,
> > locking it in a closet and loosing the key ;-)
> >
> 
> 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?
> 
> Tim

Yes,  it is possible for the machine to get a virus from just 
saving to disk.  We had this problem before we installed McAfee's (we 
were still on a Win 3.x network then).


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 Jim Richards
 Systems Administrator
 Naperville Public Libraries          Voice: (630)961-4100 x241
 200 W. Jefferson Ave.                    Fax: (630)961-4117
 Naperville, IL  60540-5351
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