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From: Ogden Dumas
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 1991 22:55

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I found a hacked Format command ( called FORMAT!).  It appears to format 
just like real format, but it contains the following string:

	MusicBug v1.06.  Macrosoft Corp/Inc

	Made in Tawain

Now, my question is this:  Could this FORMAT! be the CARRIER for the Music
bug?  If I do a disk copy, the bug is not copied.  If I format using this
hacked mess, the bug is install on the boot sector.  Also this hacked
version check to see if there is: SYSTEM.COM  COMMAND.COM  CHKDSK.COM
ATTRIB.COM and the two hidden files.  
Comments?? Thoughts??

Also is there anyone out there who works for Microsoft??  What do you have
to say about this??

Later


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From: od9425@sjfc.UUCP (Ogden Dumas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Hacked Format
Keywords: Strange
 The message is for anyone out there that knows MSDOS.  ( Like BO)
Message-ID: <1194@sjfc.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 91 22:55:12 GMT
Organization: St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
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