Re: VIRUS Alert for the LIST

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

It depends on the terminology.  I guess I don't know the true definition of a 
virus.  
For instance if the definition says that it must use certain disk addressing 
techniques 
that only people without a sex life take the time to learn then maybe it 
wouldn't 
work on the 400 because these address schemes are hardware / operating system 
dependent.  
For example trying to run Norton Utilities to defrag a drive mapped to your 400 
won't 
work.  However if the definition includes things that can hose up your computer 
then I 
would suppose that the 400 is prone to a virus.  For example DEL I:*.*  might 
do 
nasties if your I: drive was mapped to your 400.

We used to run PC programs that would scan the files on our 400's shared 
folders years 
ago.  We did this by mapping drives.  Yes we did find viruses stored up there.  
The 
400 can be a carrier.





boothm@earth.goddard.edu on 12/26/99 08:39:20 PM
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The IFS is part of the AS/400 isn't it?   Can we tell users to back up 
their PC files to the AS/400 and assure them that their data is safe from 
viral infection or destruction?  If so, #1-I am amazed,  #2-IBM has missed 
a wonderful marketing advantage.
 
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David Gibbs <david@midrange.com>
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At 02:12 PM 12/26/99 , you wrote:
>What no one still has answered though:  Can any known virus attack a
>mapped network drive?  If so, can it clean off the IFS?

A mapped drive is still a drive ... if a user has access to it, so does a 
virus.

Normal anti-virus remedies should work similarly.

The AS/400, however, cannot be effected by a virus from a PC.

david

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