[comp.sys.amiga] Request caused by possible virus detection

marksm@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Mark S Madsen) (08/24/89)

Greetings fellow Amigans. I recently received a diskette from a friend
(only freely distributable stuff, I add hurriedly, before the piracy
accusations flow in :-) and the following happened to me.

I have VirusX 3.1 loading at bootup, and I can right-click on the window
and have it give me the cute table of all the viruses that it hasn't yet
found. Then I insert the newly acquired diskette into df1:, the drive
whirrs for a loooong time, and I can continue as normal. VirusX puts up
nary a scream. BUT: right-clicking on the VirusX window now brings up a
BLANK window in place of a virus "wanted" list. Only the one diskette
causes this behaviour, so I have to suspect the worst. (But I practice
pretty safe hex, so I'm not too worried. Keep those little tabs from
blocking the light!)

So here I am, nearing the end of the story, and I don't have Steve
Tibbet's address anywhere (not anywhere I can find it, anyway :-), and
naturally, I would like to send him this diskette, you see....

Help from the net.wisdom would be greatly appreciated here.

Thanks in advance,

Mark.
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lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (08/25/89)

In <1283@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, marksm@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Mark S Madsen) writes:
>So here I am, nearing the end of the story, and I don't have Steve
>Tibbet's address anywhere (not anywhere I can find it, anyway :-), and
>naturally, I would like to send him this diskette, you see....

If you don't get any replies containing his analog address, you can reach him
on the net at 72627.1325@compuserve.com

-larry

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billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour) (08/26/89)

From article <1283@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, by marksm@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Mark S Madsen):
> So here I am, nearing the end of the story, and I don't have Steve
> Tibbet's address anywhere (not anywhere I can find it, anyway :-), and
> naturally, I would like to send him this diskette, you see....

	From the VirusX doc file...
		Steve Tibbett
		2710 Saratoga Pl. #1108
		Gloucester, Ontario
		K1T 1Z2

		My BBS: OMX BBS, 613-731-3419

		I can be reached on BIX as "s.tibbett" and on People/Link
		as "SteveX". I'm also on Compuserve, but with their dumb
		numbering system, I can never remember who I am.

> Help from the net.wisdom would be greatly appreciated here.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mark.
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> ##  Mark S. Madsen  ####  marksm@syma.sussex.ac.uk  ###################
> ####  Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK.  ##
> ####################  Life's a bitch.  Then you die.  #################
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