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Article #4334Re: Is this a real virus? (PC)
From: Malte Eppert
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 13:17
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 13:17
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Hello Gary, > The virus began in Sector 0, and wrote variations of ASCII 0-255 > all the way through the boot sector and the FAT table. (Or so it seemed > to me from using Norton Utilities in Maint mode...) Luckily, it > stopped before it actually hit the data area, and we were able to > quickly restore the machine to working condition without loss of data. Whoww! How did you manage to get your data straight with a scrambled FAT? Do you have a tool for it? cu! eppi - --- Via SCANTOSS V 1.37 * Origin: No Point for viruses - The EpiCentre! (9:491/6002)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cert!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews.cc.lehigh.edu!news From: Malte_Eppert@f6002.n491.z9.virnet.bad.se (Malte Eppert) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Is this a real virus? (PC) Message-ID: <0010.9212171857.AA14855@barnabas.cert.org> Date: 13 Dec 92 13:17:00 GMT Sender: virus-l@lehigh.edu Lines: 16 Approved: news@netnews.cc.lehigh.edu