d89-rbi@dront.nada.kth.se (Ron Birk) (09/22/90)
Hi there! I got VirusX 5.0 this week, and I just wonder if someone know anything about it. If it is the real stuff, or just another fake. In other words, have Tibbet released v5.0?? Ron Birk, d89-rbi@nada.kth.se
joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) (09/23/90)
d89-rbi@dront.nada.kth.se (Ron Birk) writes: > Hi there! I got VirusX 5.0 this week, and I just wonder if someone know > anything about it. If it is the real stuff, or just another fake. In other > words, have Tibbet released v5.0?? > > Ron Birk, d89-rbi@nada.kth.se DELETE! You are now the proud owner of a bosug VirusX. -Joseph Hillenburg UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP
cowboy (Troy Fridley) (09/26/90)
Well someone just Uploaded a copy of VirusX to a local board here and She
has asked me to check it out. I was woundering if it was lagit, or if it's
Something someone put together. I can't recompile it to see because the
source file wasn't included.
Troy Fridley
Nope I don't have any nice long macros that get put on these
messages..... YET!!!!!!
ttavolij@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Thomas Tavoly) (09/26/90)
cowboy (Troy Fridley) writes: >Well someone just Uploaded a copy of VirusX to a local board here and She >has asked me to check it out. I was woundering if it was lagit, or if it's >Something someone put together. I can't recompile it to see because the >source file wasn't included. > Troy Fridley It's bogus, forget it! (Sigh, this is the umpteenth posting on this subject) The newest version is 4.01 (which differs from 4.0 only in the fact that you can call it with the -n option which will run it in the background; also if you have one running already it will ask to either open it's window if it was running in the background, or quit it or cancel) Hmm... there is only one 'bug': If you install a bootblock with it it doesn't say 'bootblock healed' anymore but 'bootblock headled' (or something similar) Funny, because that part shouldn't have been touched. (Or is this a bogus version too? Nahh...) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thomas Tavoly, CS, Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands (somewhere in Europe..) E-Mail: ttavolij@praxis.cs.ruu.nl Disclaimer: These opinions are rented, Yes, it ^^ IS a typo! not mine. -TT This is result of years-long research & artificial intelligence, not sense. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) (09/27/90)
cowboy (Troy Fridley) writes: > Well someone just Uploaded a copy of VirusX to a local board here and She > has asked me to check it out. I was woundering if it was lagit, or if it's > Something someone put together. I can't recompile it to see because the > source file wasn't included. > Troy Fridley > Nope I don't have any nice long macros that get put on these > messages..... YET!!!!!! > As I posted earlier, the latest legit version of VirusX is 4.01. -Joseph Hillenburg UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP
lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (09/27/90)
In <32u3P2w163w@bluemoon.UUCP>, cowboy (Troy Fridley) writes: >Well someone just Uploaded a copy of VirusX to a local board here and She >has asked me to check it out. I was woundering if it was lagit, or if it's >Something someone put together. I can't recompile it to see because the >source file wasn't included. > Troy Fridley > Nope I don't have any nice long macros that get put on these >messages..... YET!!!!!! Bogus. Get rid of it. All current versions of VirusX come with source. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
hrlaser@crash.cts.com (Harv Laser) (09/29/90)
In article <2050@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes: >In <32u3P2w163w@bluemoon.UUCP>, cowboy (Troy Fridley) writes: >>Well someone just Uploaded a copy of VirusX to a local board here and She >>has asked me to check it out. I was woundering if it was lagit, or if it's >>Something someone put together. I can't recompile it to see because the >>source file wasn't included. >> Troy Fridley >> Nope I don't have any nice long macros that get put on these >>messages..... YET!!!!!! > >Bogus. Get rid of it. All current versions of VirusX come with source. > >-larry > Bogus answer. The latest VirusX released by Steve Tibbett is 4.01. It doesn't come with source code. This was explained in the text file "release.note" which accompanied Tibbett's own official release of VirusX 4.01 as posted by himself to People/Link's Amiga Zone. Here is his "release.note" file: Quote If you are new to VirusX, please hunt down "VirusX_4.0.LZH", the last full release of VirusX. It includes a program to seek out and remove link viruses from your hard disk, and the full documentation and source to VirusX. You should be able to find it wherever you found this version - if not, ask for it. VirusX 4.01 is a small update from VirusX 4.00 - I've made a lot of changes to the program, but there is only one visible change - and it's actually an invisible change. VirusX no longer has to open a window. The new "-N" option will cause VirusX to run in the background and do all that it usually does, without opening a window. "But how do I look at disk boot blocks, then?" you ask? Even if you didn't ask, here's how to do it - you just run VirusX again. VirusX will notice that it's already running, and ask if you want the other copy to quit, open its window, or if you want to just cancel the whole operation (leave the other copy running, and quit this new copy). You cannot have two copies of VirusX running - but why would you want to anyway? I fixed a few bugs from V4.00, mainly the read-from-location-zero bug that caused VirusX to crash on machines with 2091 hard disk controllers, among other things. This version of VirusX is fully compatible with AmigaDOS 2.0, and will take advantage of its improved Intuition in simple places (ie, moving the VirusX window around), where approporiate. This does not affect how VirusX behaves under 1.3 and earlier versions. This version of VirusX is being released WITHOUT the source code. This is because the current source has requires the AmigaDOS 2.0 includes to compile, and these are not currently available to the general public. I am also not including the documentation or KV in the release archive, simply because none of these things have changed. The next full release of VirusX will have all these items, and if you are the picky sort, you can ignore this version until the next full release. V4.01 checks for no new viruses. I do have a number of new viruses to add, but haven't had time to do it, and a bug fix release is long overdue. Staying current with VirusX isn't as easy as it sounds. There are currently two known "Bogus" versions of VirusX - Virusx 4.4, and VirusX 5.0. Neither of these are my product. The only way to be sure of the latest version is either to call my BBS, Plink, Bix, or Me (in that order!). If you are going to distribute VirusX to others, ie, on a disk-of-the-month or on a disk magazine, please make sure you have the current version. If you wish to get ahold of me for any reason, the best way is via modem. I'm an assitant chairman of the AmigaZone on People/Link, known there as STEVEX. I'm also on Bix, known as "s.tibbett". If you aren't on one of those services, then you can call my BBS at 613-731-3419. If you really need to speak to me, call me in the evening at 613-731-5316. Writing to me is not a good idea, as I don't normally respond to mail (though I do read everything I get). I'm also changing the status of VirusX slightly. VirusX is no longer "Public Domain", but is instead now classed as "Freely Redistrutable, Copyright 1990 Steve Tibbett". You are free to distribute VirusX as a part of any collection that is being sold for the cost of duplication and distribution, providing that you verify with me the status of the version you plan to distribute. (If you just downloaded it from Plink or from my BBS, then don't bother). Online distribution in any form is okay. Any other distribution (specifically disk magazines) should contact me. (I don't like legal stuff, but I like the idea of a version of VirusX that can do damage to people's systems being distributed even less, hence this paragraph). IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have had VirusX complain about the CoolCapture vector when you run it, and you are using either AmigaDOS 2.0 or SetPatch r (the r option on SetPatch - check your startup sequence), then that is the cause of it. If you run VirusX with the "-r" option, then it will not complain about this. (It will actually not complain about ANY unknown coolcapture vectors above $80000, but this does not affect its detection of all known viruses, even if they are up there). On SOME systems in some configurations, I'm really not sure what, VirusX will complain about the SetPatch capture even with the -r set. If this happens, use the "-c" option which will turn off the capture checking altogether. End of Quote Harv Laser {anywhere}!crash!hrlaser "Park and lock it. Not responsible." People/Link: CBM*HARV
consp13@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Marcus Cannava) (10/03/90)
Anyone know where to get VirusX 4.01 via Anon FTP? (As well as V4.00, since I didn't get it b/c it crashed with my A2091 controller..) \marc === 'I do not fear computers.. I fear the lack of them' -- I. Asimov RNM