On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 06:31:35AM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
Sure, but
C64s, VAXen and such never had any viruses written
specifically for them, IIRC.
I think you don't recall correctly, or perhaps you never heard of the
Morris worm. It's been a while since I read up on it, but I'm fairly
sure one of its spreading mechanisms involved a VAX machine-language
grappling hook.
It had two "hooks" - one for VAX, one for Sun
But a worm is not a virus.
-ethan
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