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- From: krvw@cert.org (Kenneth R. van Wyk)
- Newsgroups: comp.virus
- Subject: Re: Questions about OS2SCAN and OS/2-based AV software in general (OS/
- Message-ID: <0019.9212221358.AA03720@barnabas.cert.org>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 13:51:58 GMT
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- Aryeh Goretsky writes (in response to Vesselin):
-
- > >Do you know any way in which a known DOS virus can infect an extended
- > >filename on an HPFS partition?
- >
- > Nope. But I myself create directories under OS/2 HPFS with names like
- > "MS-DOS 3.3 Files" and "Today's Downloads" in which I keep normal DOS
- > files. I'm sure other people do as well :-)
-
- I, for one, use long file/dir names (such as these) extensively on my
- home OS/2 system. A short filename scanner (e.g., a DOS-based product
- running in a DOS session) would see only a very small portion of my
- primary HPFS partition, which has DOS files strewn all over it. That
- is why I use an OS/2-specific product. Opinion: long filenames is one
- of the things that makes HPFS so nice to work with, especially when
- combined with a command interpreter that can do name completion.
-
- Cheers,
-
- Ken van Wyk
-