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Article #3038re: FLIP (PC)
From: CS/DO;675-3254
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 13:47
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 13:47
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Vivek Swarup of moh.gov.on.ca writes:
>On 1 of our PCs CPAV detected some virus but could not tell us which
>one. We obtained a copy of f-prot V2.02 which indicated this system
>had a FLIP Virus. We obtained a new version of f-port (v2.05) which
>indicated the PC has the TELECOM Virus. Shortly there after we had
In the process of testing out some virus-scanning software (time-
trials and such), VirX came up with the following:
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VIRx Virus Scan Report
Scan run on: Sep 24, 1992 at 16:04:36 Page: 1
Scanning: C:
C: is dirty
109 directories examined. 534 files examined.
6 files infected. 0 viruses removed, 0 files deleted
Boot Record was not infected.
Memory check shows 0 viruses found
Options and arguments:
- Long Search Enabled.
- Extra Memory Check Enabled
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C:\CPAV\VSAFE.COM
Is infected with the Flip (W) virus.
C:\CPAV\VWATCH.COM
Is infected with the Flip (W) virus.
C:\CPAV\VSAFE.SYS
Is infected with the Flip (W) virus.
C:\CPAV\VWATCH.SYS
Is infected with the Flip (W) virus.
C:\PCTOOLS\VDEFEND.COM
Is infected with the Flip (W) virus.
C:\PCTOOLS\VDEFEND.SYS
Is infected with the Flip (W) virus.
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All the files had been Scanned with Scan vers 95, with the -AV option.
since removing the validation CRCs, everything comes up clean.
When running one anti-virus program against another, or files CRCed by
another, ????...
Hope this helps....
Henry B. Tindall, Jr., SSgt, USAF
Small Computer Support Center
Izmir Air Station, Izmir, Turkey
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