Re: INFO SOUGHT: FILLED virus (PC)

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From: McAfee Associates
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:49

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Hello Ken McVa,

You write:
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>When SCANV was run, it warned of FILLED three times, after the format
                                  ^^^^^^
Filler virus, perhaps?

>- - local rumour has it FILLED resides on an area of the disk DOS
>doesn't read - at any rate, after three warnings, the system was shut
>down.
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When SCAN is run in the presence of certain other anti-viral programs,
such as Central Point Anti Virus, it can erroneously report the presence
of viruses because if the other program uses the same piece of code SCAN
does to detect the virus but does not hide that code in memory.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
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