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Re: Need Info about INVOLVE virus (PC)

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From: Vesselin Bontchev
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:38
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mcafee@netcom.com (McAfee Associates) writes:

> >> hello, I am new here. I hope someone could give me some information
> >> about the INVOLVE virus.  I know that it changes the date on the files
> [...deleted..]
> >Hmmm... Which version of SCAN? SCAN 99 never reports such name when
> >run on our virus collection. Also, no such name is listed in
> >VIRLIST.TXT. On the top of that, I have never heard about a virus with
> >this name... Maybe Aryeh can comment?

> The Invol (Involuntary) virus is a memory-resident .EXE and .SYS file
> infector about 1,400 bytes in length.  It has a little message embedded in 
> it thanking users for involuntarily spreading the virus.  Please let me
> know if you don't have a copy.

I do have a copy of both variants of Involuntary, but the original
posting was asking about the INVOLVE (not INVOL) virus and that has
misleaded me. I have done a full search in my report files, instead of
a fuzzy one... :-)

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
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e-mail: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de    D-2000 Hamburg 54, Germany
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