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Auto insert/infect virus

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From: ALBERT-JAN BROUWER
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 07:52
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For a while now, there's been this new virus here in Europe that installs itself
in memory whenever you insert an infected disk. It replaces the disk-validator
and invalidates the disks it is on. The virus is able to spread because the old
filing system looks for :l/Disk-Validator first and for l:Disk-Validator after
that, whenever it encounters an invalid floppy.
It's operation is rather conspicuous, I don't expect it to cause an epidemic.

Still, 1000 owners might want to patch their KickStart, and others may no
longer assume that, as long as they don't run it or boot it, it'll be alright.

I'll save you from additional sickening details, suffice it to say that this
ecological niche shouldn't have been there in the first place (Commodore, 1.4?).

--
-Albert (hp4nl!neabbs!ajbrouw)
Optimize your options, both in quantity and quality.
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From: ajbrouw@neabbs.UUCP (ALBERT-JAN BROUWER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Auto insert/infect virus
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Date: 20 Dec 89 07:52:17 GMT
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