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re: FLIP (PC)

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From: CS/DO;675-3254
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
- -----

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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Subject: re: FLIP (PC)
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