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Viruses, Deleting Files in Java?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy Cowgar)
Thu Nov 9 13:29:59 1995
From: Jeremy Cowgar <jeremyc@prgone.com>
To: "'Java Intrest Mail List'" <java-interest@java.sun.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 11:09:45 -0500
I know there was some talk in the past about Java programs deleting =
files, and doing other not so nice things. I am just curious what is to =
stop a Java program from deleting all my files off my computer if one =
would be so mean? I would be browsing around the web, a java program =
would execute, wiping my harddrive out.
Can Java do this? I certainly hope not, and if so when will bugs like =
this be fixed? If this is true, how can anyone browse around the web =
with Java enabled browsers?
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