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- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!jenk
- From: jenk@microsoft.com (Jen Kilmer)
- Subject: Viruses & unwriteable disks (was Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? : -P )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.192353.1308@microsoft.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 19:23:53 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <rice.725054644@willow23> <1992Dec28.074914.7584@microsoft.com> <1hohvbINNr47@crcnis1.unl.edu>
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- In article <1hohvbINNr47@crcnis1.unl.edu> vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
- >jenk@microsoft.com (Jen Kilmer) writes:
-
- [some manufacturers ship unwriteable diskettes]
-
- >>From a support standpoint, this is seriously cool (unless the user cut
- >>a notch in a set of 5.25"s, no viruses, no accidently-deleted-the-file-we
- >>-need, etc :)
- >
- >Just copy the disk and you have an infectable medium.
- >
-
- Quite true. However, if a virus is suspected or paranoia is running rampant,
- the original disks can be used instead of the backups, n'est pas?
-
- And, btw, viruses are not the "real" reason microsoft moved to unwriteable
- disks - at least not for ms-dos - it's because of the number of folks who
- "accidently" trashed their originals, then needed to reinstall. Special
- drives which can write to a "write-protected" disk obviously exist (like
- our duplicators) but most folks don't have them.
-
- -jen
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-