Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: norwaypinesavage

True. I should have asked for one OS that connects to the Internet. :-)


18 posted on 01/21/2013 7:34:51 AM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies ]


To: for-q-clinton

Actually, I did get a virus while using DOS 3.0. It was a “Boot Virus”, on a 5-1/4 inch floppy disk. Ask your grandfather what a 5-1/4 inch floppy disk is. The virus would attach to the boot sector of the floppy disk, and could propagate to any other floppies installed after the PC was infected. These floppies would then infect subsequent PCs that they were inserted in. The infection occurred on startup of the PC with the floppy, often inadvertantly, left in the drive. The PC manufacturers quickly added code to the BIOS that would detect and warn of a pending infection.


22 posted on 01/21/2013 1:02:29 PM PST by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson