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Article #31162Re: A cure looking for a disease? (I hope)
From: M. Patrick Simon
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1988 00:37
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1988 00:37
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In article <8803081650.AA29358@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 051332@UOTTAWA.BITNET (John Turnbull) writes: > >A program called VDU_2_0.PRG has been posted to the FILESERVers at >CANADA01 and UHUPVM1. It is claimed that it will cure the 'Boot sector' >virus and immunize the disk from future infection with this virus. > >Does anybody have any information about this virus, its mode of >infection, mechanism, symptoms or how wide-spread it may have become? > >Please post replies to the net. Most people will be interested. /JT > >John Turnbull, NetNorth: 051332@uottawa The magazine ST Applications warned of a virus being spread around via "disks from W. Germany". They did not give any information on how the virus is spreading (ie part of a larger program?), but the disk for this issue is supposed to have a virus detecting program on it. No info as to exactly what damage the virus is capable of doing either. --Patrick Simon mpsimon@phoenix.princeton.edu 3/9/88
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!hao!gatech!udel!princeton!phoenix!mpsimon From: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: A cure looking for a disease? (I hope) Message-ID: <2018@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: 10 Mar 88 00:37:52 GMT References: <8803081650.AA29358@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon) Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 19