Maltese Amoeba (PC)

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From: Jimmy Kuo
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 02:30

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Jerry Reno asks:
>Does anyone know anything about the Maltese Amoeba virus? I've
>been out of it for a bit, and just got a memo from a software
>company (John Wiley & Sons) informing me that some of their disks
>were infected.

>The letter only suggests that the virus "may, unfortunately,
>affect files on your hard drive" and that it is only detectable
>by the Norton Anti-Virus (Version 2.0).

It will not detect as such if the August, or later, defs update is
used.

>Being from a department (MSU Dept. of Statistics) that does not
>have acces to NAV, I'd really like to know if anyone has more
>information.....

Get a copy of NAVSCAN (freeware for individuals) and try it out at
home.

Jimmy Kuo                                       cjkuo@ccmail.norton.com
Norton AntiVirus Research

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