[383] in bugtraq
Re: Got this - not sure of authenticity. Better safe etc...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pat Myrto)
Tue Dec 6 12:42:49 1994
From: rwing!pat@ole.cdac.com (Pat Myrto)
To: bugtraq@fc.net
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 94 5:29:52 PST
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9412060042.B23129-0100000@dickory>; from "Jason Matthews" at Dec 6, 94 12:27 am
"In the previous message, Jason Matthews said..."
>
> There is no way to transmit a virus to a computer via the terminal.
> Sure, maybe you can turn the printer on and off. Or maybe start up an
> zmodem download but you cannot get a virus on a remote machine by sending
> ascii...
It is possible with MSDOS machines to redefine keys via escape codes,
so that a command like del, format, or whatever is run when the key is
pressed. Format wants a confirmation, but del doesn't unless it is
given *.* as an argument.
So it is possible to be setup to run an unwanted command, etc via reading
a message if ANSI.SYS or some clones are loaded.
Other than that, I don't know how reading a message would do anything...
> Jason
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