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Re: nVIR virus found in "Kill Virus"

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From: Michael Hamel
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1988 17:32
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In article <9062@bcsaic.UUCP> lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum) writes:

>As it happened we discovered nVIR on our system just as AntiPan arrived.  It was
>extemely effective but it did fail on a couple of files.  All but one of these
>were Lightspeed C applications and Lightspeed C itself.
Ha! We haven't got LS C at Otago, it must be doing something interesting.
Thank you, I will fix this.

> The only other interesting thing that happened is that even though
>AntiPan reported no problem with DA Handler (i.e. it either claimed to have
>diinfected it or found it clean), Virus Detective still found nVIR when we ran it
>subsequent to using AntiPan.
Damn. AntiPan checks files with a type of 'APPL' or a creator of 'MACS'. I thought
this covered what nVIR could get into, but DA Handler must be an exception. I
will enlarge its range.

Thankyou very much, this is exactly the kind of feedback I need...

-- 
Where now are those who in times past have opposed the Group of Seventeen?

Michael Hamel           
University of Otago                        ..!ucbvax!michael@otago.ac.nz 
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From: michael@taniwha.UUCP (Michael Hamel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: nVIR virus found in "Kill Virus"
Message-ID: <244@taniwha.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 88 17:32:05 GMT
References: <UXWUfx928k-08X=WMv@andrew.cmu.edu. <223@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> <579@uva.UUCP> <226@taniwha.UUCP> <9062@bcsaic.UUCP>
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