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Article #4515Re: Virus on Wordup v2.0 Disks
From: George Woodside
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1989 11:05
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1989 11:05
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In article <1097@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> rcd@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (rana.c.dutt) writes:
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>Question: will this virus write to the boot sector on my hard disk as
>well? If so, how can I detect it? (I noticed that Virus Killer only
>checks and fixes floppy disks.) Thanks very much.
No, the "KEY" virus will not touch a hard disk. It doesn't even know they
exist.
I'm busy re-writing Vkiller (from scratch) to enhance its capabilities,
and add some hard disk facilities. It will be a while before it gets
re-posted, but I'm working on it. So far, though, I have no information
on any ST viruses which spread through, or attack, hard disks.
If anyone has any information on viruses that Vkiller (2.20) doesn't
recognize, or on any ST-oriented hard disk or link viruses, I would certainly
appreciate hearing from them.
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*George R. Woodside - Citicorp/TTI - Santa Monica, CA
*Path: ..!{philabs|csun|psivax}!ttidca!woodside
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