Re: Is this a new virus? (PC)

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1 total messages Started by Kevin Marcus Thu, 17 Dec 1992 02:57

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Author: Kevin Marcus
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 02:57

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bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev) writes:
>tck@fold.ucsd.edu (Kevin Marcus) writes:
>
>> trinh@camins.camosun.bc.ca writes:
>> >[description of a typical Stoned+Michelangelo problem deleted]
>
>> It looks like you had a multiple infection.  Stoned and it's varients
>> (Michelangelo is one...) don't always copy the MBR to the same spot.
>
>No, the problem is cause by exactly the opposite - both Stoned and
>Michelangelo copy the MBR to exactly one and the same spot (on the
>hard disk), which results in the original MBR being lost.

I have varients of stoned which copy to 0,0,15, and 0,0,7, as well as a
few other locations.  They do not necessarily copy to the same spot.


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