[pchelpers] Re: Keyboard Problem

Hi George,

Monday, November 29, 2004, 4:50:13 PM, you wrote:

GTC> Thanks for the link, Ekhart. I knew I had read about this sort of thing
GTC> before I just couldn't remember when and where.

When I first heard that a virus could be spread via an ordinary text
file, I thought it was utter hogwash. I knew about ANSI already (most
people knew about it back then), but I didn't know about (or much
about) reprogramming keys. Then I found out about this, and how a
single key could be reprogrammed to send "<ESC>FORMAT C:<ENTER><ENTER>"...

Now I'm more willing to be paranoid about where a virus or worm might
be found. :)

-- 
Scott.


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