Re: A user's view of IBM's antivirus/2 (OS/2)

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1 total messages Started by Mr. Tarkan Yetiser Fri, 18 Dec 1992 01:48

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Author: Mr. Tarkan Yetiser
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 01:48

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From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev) writes
DC>> didn't want to be told that SETVER.EXE had changed (because they

DC>> or that their boot record had changed (because they
DC>> changed a volume serial number).

>Hey, they should be really power users, if they know how to do that!
>For instance, I don't know how it can be done, without reformatting
>the disk, or using a sector editor... And anybody who is competent
>enough to mess with a sector editor in the boot sector, should not be
>surprised by a message that the said sector has been modified afterwards...

   No, it is not really necessary to be a power user. If you use the
LABEL command with DOS 4.0 or above, it will update the BPB in the
boot sector.  DOS 4.0+ records the volume label at offset 2Bh in the
boot sector. If the integrity checker is using the complete BS when
calculating the signature, then it will issue a warning message.

Regards,
Tarkan Yetiser
VDS Advanced Research Group

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