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From: "Weiqi Gao" <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: antivirus measures
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 09:15:36 -0500
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JP Morris <b52g AT usa DOT net> wrote:

>>On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, yeep wrote:

>>>And aren't there any Linux viruses?

>>Of course there aren't.  Viruses don't survive in UNIX systems
>[...]
>>yet to hear of one for Linux.

>Apparently there is.  It's called BLISS.  They say that it contains
>code to remove itself though.

>Running an infected file with the parameter -bliss-uninfect-files-please
>or something will disinfect the system.

Whether BLISS qualifies as a virus has been debated in the linux news
groups for quite some time now.  And the consensus seems to be that it is
not a virus.

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Weiqi Gao
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