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Article #40341Re: Trojan in Norton
From: Russ Poffenberger
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1989 19:42
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1989 19:42
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In article <25317@cup.portal.com> rwp@cup.portal.com (Roger William Preisendefer) writes:
>I recently have heard a nasty rumor concerning a possible Trojan Horse
>in the Nortan Utilities. This trojan will erase your hard disk sometime
>around the end of December, while displaying some sort of message. The
>source for this rumor is Computing News, a newsletter from the US Naval
>Academy. Does anyone have any information confirming (or debunking) this?
>It is supposed to be in the commercial release, not some pirated version
>floating around the boards.
GOOD GOD! I hope not! Is there any info about which one? There is a standard
and advanced edition. I have a recent copy of the advanced edition, no sign of
a problem yet (12/25/89, yeah I know, nothing better to do on X-mas than read
netnews). Maybe I better back up my disk just in case. Damn I wish I had gotten
that tape backup for X-mas that I wanted, hate to do it to floppies.
Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
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