True Lies
Brief
Many times within the industry, we hear things stated repeatedly, or with authority, or both, and simply accept them as fact, as being true. However, a lot of times, these statements of "truth" are based on the aperture and perspective of the individual, and when we look at a broader set of data, we sometimes find that not only are these statements not true, but the exact opposite is, in fact, the case.
In the early part of this century, I was in contact with a couple of folks (well known names at the time) regarding a virus they'd written. The virus would only impact NTFS file systems, in that it would copy the binary content of an EXE to an alternate data stream (ADS) attached to the EXE, and then zero out the content of the "parent" file.
And yes, this was back when you could choose which file system you wanted, FAT or NTFS, and a lot of folks chose FAT, for whatever reason.