full-disclosure - Viral infection via Serial Cable

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Message-ID: <20040901124240.63192.qmail@web51501.mail.yahoo.com>
From: keydet89 at yahoo.com (Harlan Carvey)
Subject: Viral infection via Serial Cable 

> > The same reason there are so many Windows
> viruses... 90 something % of
> > the people online are using Windows, that's thats
> what the viruses are
> > after. Back in the day when serial connections
> were the only means of
> > communication possible, viruses weren't very
> possible
> 
> Actually, at the time, downloading an infected file
> from a BBS was one of the
> *major* ways that viruses propagated. 

You're right, but what does that have to do with an
RS-232 serial cable?