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- From: robert@metropolis.com (Robert Munyer)
- Subject: Re: Does mac exec code on disk when mounting it?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.070932.22863@metropolis.com>
- Sender: robert@metropolis.com (Robert Munyer)
- Organization: Metropolis Software, Inc.
- References: <1992Jul20.223225.25800@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 07:09:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul20.223225.25800@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
- mharm@ccs.northeastern.edu (Michael Harm) writes:
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- > [...] on a mac, is there any code in the mount partition of a disk that is
- > executed when the disk is mounted? I'm concerned that mounting the hard disk
- > may introduce something into the ram. Or, is the act of mounting a drive
- > simply reading numbers (number of cyls, sectors) from some area of the disk?
- >
- > It is *absolutly critical* that the copy be *clean*, and while disinfectant
- > programs are being used, I don't trust them to find 100% of all viruses.
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- The basis of operation for the WDEF virus was that it was possible to put some
- code into the Desktop file that would be executed by the Finder whenever that
- disk was mounted.
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- This is probably no longer true in System 7, but it is a precedent. If the
- situation is so sensitive that you don't even trust Disinfectant, then I think
- that you definitely shouldn't let the hard disk mount.
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