[PLUG] another virus

[patrick.t.finnegan.1]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Brent Meshier wrote:

> ...
> Purdue :)  Someone mentioned there's a safe and easy way to view the
> infected files on Linux?  Was it a hex editor?
>

Just about any TEXT editor on Linux should work -- vi, joe, jed, and
kde/gnome editors should NOT EVER attempt to execute code in a file.  Of
corse, just about any editor on any os should be able to open an
executable without executing it (an executable is not a script).

Since ed is no longer a 'standard' editor on unix, I have to deal with vi
and jed... Jed is really quick to learn (and much better than emacs IMHO),
but as i get used to vi I'm finding I use it more and more.

PLEASE NO EDITOR FLAME WARS.

Thank you for your patience.

-- Pat

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