Re: Question about Viruses

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 7/7/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> We used to call this situation "dual infected files, but what would happen
> more often, was a "virus sandwich". The virus checks something
> about the file and doesn't infect it doubly (true for nearly all viruses).
> But if a second virus infects the file, it will often mask that marker, so
> the first virus would reinfect. Then the second virus would infect again.
> Then the first, then the second, ... and so on. So you could have a
> situation where you'd peel off layer after layer of infections, before
> eventually getting down to the original file.


Cool beans! Thats what I was looking for, thanks 'Solly!

-JP
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