Re: VIRUS Alert for the LIST

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"L. S. Russell" wrote:

> It is only a trojan if it mis-represents itself as an innocuous program.

True.

"Eric Kempter" wrote:

> Don't stop there.  How about a microsoft macro attacking AS/400 files via 
>ODBC or
modifying
> devds to shut down TCP/IP?

Well, if a Microsoft macro is attacking the AS/400, the AS/400
is being effected by the virus, but is not the host of it.

Any virus that attacks a PC can totally wipe out your AS/400,
true.  Such as deleting the library QSYS.  But the AS/400 is not
hosting the viruses.

Although if the files are stored on an AS/400 stored drive, it is
kinda iffy.  The virus is stored on the AS/400, but the AS/400,
in this case, is just being used for DASD.  Any DASD can
store viruses, I don't think there is any way around that.  They are
just not processed on the AS/400.  You still need a PC to activate
them.

Regards,

Jim Langston



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