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Re: Stoned Virus (PC)

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From: Fridrik Skulason
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:15
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a2js@loki.cc.pdx.edu (Jahed Sukhun) writes:

>I am using a FPROT 2.06a.  When I am checking the hard disk for
>viruses, FPROT comes with a message:

>          A NEW VARIANT OF THE STONED VIRUS WAS FOUND. 
>          NO ATTEMPTS TO DISINFECT.

>It doesn't give a name to it or anything.  

Well, of course it does not give a name - it does not match any of the
known variants.

There are several possibilities:

    1) Really a new variant.
    2) An old variant, perhaps corrupted by something, so the checksum
       does not match.
    3) Previously infected, but incorrectly disinfected.

However, without further information I really cannot say what is going
on.

>I have FPROT set to the following settings:

>          -    User defined Strings          Yes

You should not use this, unless you have actually defined some new
strings...othewise it will just slow the program down a.

- -frisk
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