Re: Is this a virus???

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From: PD Software Group
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1991 07:40

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In article <1991Apr7.033120.20083@ulowell.ulowell.edu> mschedlb@hawk.ulowell.edu (Martin J. Schedlbauer) writes:
>As I have been working over the past few days, Window's 3.0 WRITE and
>AmiPRO suddenly crashed. Other things have been working fine.
>
>On my 286-AT similar problems occured. I am using SuperPrint on both
>machines.

This *maybe* some kind of virus which infects files. Most viruses
won't work with Windows programs since they're structurally different
than normal DOS programs (I think). Usually when virus infects win.exe
file, windows will hang when executed.
>
>Does anyone have any comments? What virus detection/disinfection
>programs could I try?
>
Well, I recommed Scan V75 or F-Prot1.14 for you - they can detect most
PC viruses.


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Tapio Keih{nen
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33340 Tampere
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