Re: Virus Advice needed

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From: Gregory Youngblood
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 14:29

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vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:

> Regarding that infection by the Stobned virus of your friend's 
> computer, DON'T PANIC!
> 
> The Stoned does not infect files. It does not delete files. It does
> not erase hard disks. It only infects one specific peortion of a hard 
> disk or diskette: the Partition Table (hard drive) or the Boot Sector
> (diskettes). NOTHING ELSE.

There are some variations to the stoned virus that do more, I believe. 
If he gets cleaned fairly quick, it shouldn't matter that much.  Look
for a file called VSUMX???.zip (or arj or whatever).  It is hyper text
of viruses that you can look up infomration about the stoned virus.



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From: tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
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Subject: Re: Virus Advice needed
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