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Re: Filler virus - Need Help! (PC)

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From: Vesselin Bontchev
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 10:58
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teasdale@ere.umontreal.ca (Teasdale Gilles) writes:

> I just find out that Filler virus has invaded my computer system. The
> Scan Test (SCAN 8.9V97 - McAfee) sometime detect it and other time it
> can't. Is there any other thing I can do to get rid of this damned
> virus...

This is a Hungarian boot sector virus that is not spread at all, so I
sincerely doubt that it has made it to Canada... It is much more
probable that you are using some other anti-virus software, like CPAV
or TNTVIRUS, that does not encrypt its scan strings and is causing a
false positive. If you are using CPAV, read the manual - it clearly
says that it is not compatible with any other anti-virus software. So,
throw away either CPAV or SCAN. If I were you, I would throw away
CPAV...

Regards,
Vesselin
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Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev          Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
Tel.:+49-40-54715-224, Fax: +49-40-54715-226      Fachbereich Informatik - AGN
< PGP 2.0 public key available on request. > Vogt-Koelln-Strasse 30, rm. 107 C
e-mail: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de    D-2000 Hamburg 54, Germany
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