a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor) (12/08/89)
Is anybody else getting gurus from VirusX_4.0?
The first thing I ran into was that if I used the -k flag
[check KickTagPntr], I got a requester that the KickTagPntr was set
and should I clear it? This happened with the 3 finger salute, but
not on cold boots. What is the difference, I wondered? RAD:? Sure
enough, I disassembled the ramdrive.device and it messes around with
the KickTagPntr. Okay, so I won't use the -k option. This might save
you some grey hair.
I do not think I have any virus. KV passes all my cC: & C2: files. I
generally practice safe sex ;-). There have been no weird messages, no
upside down screens, no unexplained disk accesses, no unexplained gurus.
[Well you know what it's like when you're programming ;-)]
But I have still been getting Gurus. On my system [B2000/2meg in
8UP/ A2090A/no ECS], the Task Control Block for VirusX_4.0 was sitting
at $20C730, and I got used to seeing that number over the last week.
The Gurus were not caught by GOMF1.0. They were address errors;
$00000003.x [and once an illegal instruction error].
When I got a $20C730 Guru while I was online, I went back to 3.2...
What is your experience?
<-Harvey
"The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds;
the pessimist knows it." -R.J.Oppenheimer
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a186@mindlink.UUCPa186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor) (12/09/89)
In <10540@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>, davidg@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (David Gunter)
writes:
: From article <774@mindlink.UUCP>, by a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor):
: >
: > Is anybody else getting gurus from VirusX_4.0?
: >
: [We agree RAD: uses the KickTagPntr.]
:
: > But I have still been getting Gurus. [ ... ]
: > The Gurus were not caught by GOMF1.0. They were address errors;
: > $00000003.x [and once an illegal instruction error].
:
: GOMF1.0 is not completely efficient, so that doesn't surpries me,
: either. :-) Your best bet here is to go to the store and get GOMF3.0
: (is there a later version than this?). You'd be amazed at the
: difference!
Well yeah, but...
there shouldn't be any gurus in the first place!
I have had several other people report VirusX_4.0 gurus. So far, I
have not figured out what the common factors are, if any.
If you get VirusX_4.0 gurus, please describe your setup.
<-Harvey
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." -Wilde
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a186@mindlink.UUCPdavidg@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (David Guntner) (12/10/89)
From article <774@mindlink.UUCP>, by a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor): > > Is anybody else getting gurus from VirusX_4.0? > > The first thing I ran into was that if I used the -k flag > [check KickTagPntr], I got a requester that the KickTagPntr was set > and should I clear it? This happened with the 3 finger salute, but > not on cold boots. What is the difference, I wondered? RAD:? Sure > enough, I disassembled the ramdrive.device and it messes around with > the KickTagPntr. Okay, so I won't use the -k option. This might save > you some grey hair. This was no surprise to me, since in the documentation for v3.2 he mentions that he doesn't check the KickTagPntr for that very reason. He finally added it as an option (-k) since, alas, a virus can use it to hang around after reboot (just like when it hooks into the ColdCapture, CoolCapture, or WarmCapture vectors). So if you use RAD:, you're best bet is to not use the -k switch. If you don't use RAD:, then by all means set it, since that will eliminate one more way that a virus can hang around after reboot. [stuff deleted] > But I have still been getting Gurus. On my system [B2000/2meg in > 8UP/ A2090A/no ECS], the Task Control Block for VirusX_4.0 was sitting > at $20C730, and I got used to seeing that number over the last week. > The Gurus were not caught by GOMF1.0. They were address errors; > $00000003.x [and once an illegal instruction error]. GOMF1.0 is not completely efficient, so that doesn't surpries me, either. :-) Your best bet here is to go to the store and get GOMF3.0 (is there a later version than this?). You'd be amazed at the difference! > When I got a $20C730 Guru while I was online, I went back to 3.2... > What is your experience? I haven't had any visits from the Guru, by ever since I started using v4.0 of VirusX, my terminal program (I'm using JRComm v0.94a) hangs on me every once in a while (usually at the WORST possible time... 8-]). --Dave -- David Guntner UUCP: {ames, mit-eddie}!attctc!davidg INET: davidg@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (killer) "...New ship, but she's got the right name. ...Treat --Admiral L. McCoy her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home." "Encounter at Farpoint"
kim@uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) (12/10/89)
In article <774@mindlink.UUCP>, a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor) writes: > > Is anybody else getting gurus from VirusX_4.0? > > The first thing I ran into was that if I used the -k flag > [check KickTagPntr], I got a requester that the KickTagPntr was set > and should I clear it? Well, no Guru's. But I get the KickTagPtr requester up using the -k flag if setfont (and/or repfont) was in my s-s. With them commented out, the -k option seemed happy enough (no requester), even though rad: was always getting mounted (though I did not try it with from a cold start, where rad: would not have previously existed). I've turned the -k option off, as I really cannot tolerate Topaz ... /kim -- UUCP: kim@amdahl.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,uunet,oliveb,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 BIX: kdevaughn GEnie: K.DEVAUGHN CIS: 76535,25