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Virii were mostly spread over floppy (boot block or trojan) back then. While I agree that it's very unlikely that this system will get infected, don't think tha
by romland 11y ago
Virii were mostly spread over floppy (boot block or trojan) back then. While I agree that it's very unlikely that this system will get infected, don't think that times were better back then :)
http://www.teyko.com/View.aspx?id=346&name=Saddam+Virus http://www.teyko.com/View.aspx?id=346&name=Saddam+Virus
...which was a rather brilliant little thing, but a personal hatred as it messed up many a .s files (.s stood for "source code" or "Seka", I guess).
- to3m 11y agoObligatory nitpick regarding the plural of "virus": http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html
- qrmn 11y agoRichard Karsmakers used "virii" to describe a plural of computer virus in the 16-bit era, largely on the basis that it was shorter. It isn't correct Latin, but it is a VX scene thing, so is absolutely correct in this context.