rouaix@inria.UUCP (Francois Rouaix) (10/06/87)
Well, that's fun. There are a few points I'd like to know about: 1) Does the virus declares itself as soon as it is installed ? That is : suppose you have an infected boot disk. does it show the virus message on the first time it is booted ? I thought it would be smart to add a boot counter, so that the message should be shown only after the fifth boot for example :->. 2) How could it be that DiskZap can not detect the virus ? Is the format of the Boot Block 1 modified by the virus ? 3) Is the virus destructive in some way ? 4) Could all this stuff be a BIG JOKE on us, fearful users ? -- *- Francois Rouaix / When the going gets tough, * *- USENET:rouaix@inria.inria.fr \/ the guru goes meditating...* * SYSOP of Sgt. Flam's Lonely Amigas Club. (33) (1) 39-55-84-59 (Videotext) *
flax@suadb.UUCP (Jonas Flygare) (10/08/87)
in article <539@inria.UUCP>, rouaix@inria.UUCP (Francois Rouaix) says: > > > Well, that's fun. There are a few points I'd like to know about: > 1) Does the virus declares itself as soon as it is installed ? No, it seems as if it is waiting for a while... > 3) Is the virus destructive in some way ? Yes, presumably. I haven't gotten any of my disks ruined yet, but friends of mine claim they have.. > 4) Could all this stuff be a BIG JOKE on us, fearful users ? -- | "Go to the Huntington Gallery and hold a razor blade a quarter of | | an inch away from "The Blue Boy" and shout "Ding dong, ding dong...""| | flax@suadb.UUCP (Jonas Flygare) | | jonasf@kuling.UUCP |
rouaix@inria.UUCP (Francois Rouaix) (10/13/87)
I have had echoes on my BBS here in France that many people have infected disk. The source is actually 'SCA'. It seems that there exists somewhere a program called 'Virus Killer'. I'll try to post it ASAP. -- *- Francois Rouaix / When the going gets tough, * *- USENET:rouaix@inria.inria.fr \/ the guru goes meditating...* * SYSOP of Sgt. Flam's Lonely Amigas Club. (33) (1) 39-55-84-59 (Videotext) *