Virus and firewalls

[Hyperspeed]

I use Virus Executor, that seems to be the best developed.

Here's an interesting question now you mention PPC though... are some viruses incompatible with certain processors in the 68k range?

For example, would the shift from '030 to '060 stop certain viruses working properly?

And how do they survive a warm reset (RAD: is another oddity)...

[Hyperspeed]

I believe there should always be a hardware override to protect against crafty code such as viruses.

To leave hardware at the mercy of software is dangerous, I mean if the BIOS can be flashed by a simple program (as is the case with CDRW drives and the PPCs) then they could potentially be destroyed by a malicious program.

The internet is another thing, I believe backdoor programs could be a severe threat even to Amiga users especially with broadband.

Wonder if anyone uses their Amiga as a hardware firewall in some way...›

I found Hitchhiker 4.11 and reported it to Virus Help Denmark, I found this with Virus-Z before moving onto Virus Executor.

Years ago I found a bootblock virus on a Heimdall 2 copy a friend lent me. Didn't say the name of it though.