NCOYNE@ESOC.BITNET (05/15/91)
Well hello Listen I ve got the dreaded mouse pointer reversal virus. I need to stamp out this beasty. So I need sugestions on the best way to clean already infected disks. I had an idea that mabe the virus could be edited off the disk?. All pointers towards a solution are welcome. Nick Coyne NCOYNE@ESOC>BITNET These are my opinions only I think ?.
eudyeudy@bluemoon.uucp (Scott Eudy) (05/16/91)
<NCOYNE@ESOC.BITNET> writes: > > Well hello > Listen I ve got the dreaded mouse pointer reversal virus. I need to > stamp out this beasty. > So I need sugestions on the best way to clean already infected disks. > I had an idea that mabe the virus could be edited off the disk?. > All pointers towards a solution are welcome. > Nick Coyne > NCOYNE@ESOC>BITNET > These are my opinions only I think ?. Try getting a V- Killer program I that should work the best.... I think that they are up to version 3.5 you could probably get the program off any bbs in your area or go to a store and look in the public domain section of ST software Hope this helps Scott D. Eudy Chairman Explorer Officers Association Central Ohio Division Vice President Explorer Post 891 eudyeudy@bluemoon.uucp ========================================================================== | I own an Atari ST and you don't | Give me a million dollars | | | and I'll be rich | | "This space for rent" | Give me two million and I'll |
ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) (05/16/91)
In article <91135.161802NCOYNE@ESOC.BITNET> NCOYNE@ESOC.BITNET writes: > >Well hello >Listen I ve got the dreaded mouse pointer reversal virus. I need to >stamp out this beasty. >So I need sugestions on the best way to clean already infected disks. >I had an idea that mabe the virus could be edited off the disk?. >All pointers towards a solution are welcome. Yeah, you can just erase the boot sector and that should solve your problem. Be sure to reboot then, with a clean disk. Or you can pick up a copy of George Woodside's Virus Killer at atari.archive. The latest version is 3.84. The filename is vkill384.lzh, I think. -- ||| Ed Krimen [ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu or al661@cleveland.freenet.edu] ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261 TWO WEEKS UNTIL GRADUATION!!
mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget) (05/16/91)
NCOYNE@ESOC.BITNET writes: > Listen I ve got the dreaded mouse pointer reversal virus. I need to > stamp out this beasty. Okay: (1) Re-Boot your system with no disk in the disk drive. (2) When you get to GEM, format a disk. Use this to boot from now on. (3) Call a BBS, or download from atari.archives, a Virus Killer. Use the program on all of your disks. When you have cleaned all of your disks using a Virus Killer, then you will not need to use the boot disk from step to. You can go back to doing things the way you did before the Virus. Also, if you find out how you got the Virus, please let us know. Note: The Atari Virus Killer 4.00GB detects Link Virus programs, which are Virus' that get executed when you run certain files you download. So, try to get the Atari Virus Killer. << ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca >> << or in the language that PEOPLE use >> << Michel Forget...:) >>
ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) (05/17/91)
In article <Tu1Z21w164w@bluemoon.uucp> eudyeudy@bluemoon.uucp (Scott Eudy) writes: | Try getting a V- Killer program I that should work the best.... | | I think that they are up to version 3.5 version 3.84 is available from atari.archive. -- Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU =============================================================================== Proud owner of a Mega 4 ST. Wishing it was a Mega STe! :-|
dpg@cs.nott.ac.uk (Dave Gymer) (05/20/91)
In article <a1R121w164w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget) writes: >NCOYNE@ESOC.BITNET writes: >> Listen I ve got the dreaded mouse pointer reversal virus. I need to >> stamp out this beasty. > >Okay: > > (1) Re-Boot your system with no disk in the disk drive. > (2) When you get to GEM, format a disk. Use this to boot from now > on. Add a step: (2a) write-protect this disk. It never hurts to be cautious. > (3) Call a BBS, or download from atari.archives, a Virus Killer. > Use the program on all of your disks. -- /* 'Grave' Dave Gymer --------- Internet: dpg@Cs.Nott.AC.UK *\ +* 42 St Marys Park, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0EF, England *+ +* Olivier's Law: "Experience is something you don't get *+ \*-------------------------- until just after you need it." */