jac423@leah.albany.edu (Jules Cisek) (11/27/90)
I recently tried running BallyIII off of one of my game disks but got a disk validation error after inserting it. Diskdoctor found track 40 to be corrupt but was able to recover everything. Then I noticed that the name of the disk was changed to "Lazarus" (it used to be "MoreGames"). No one else uses my computer and I know of no program that would change the name of a disk to that. Could this be a new virus? The fact that only track 40 was corrupt (smack in the middle) only adds to my suspicion. By the way, VirusX 4.0 noted nothing strange (I always run it since I got hit by Lamer II last summer). -- | // .______. J.Cisek CSC MiniSystems "i don't want the world, \_o_/ | | \X/--|UU UUU| jac423@leah.albany.edu i just want your half..." \\| | | AMIGA |______| Amiga Student On Campus Consultant SUNY@Albany, USA \\ |
jac423@leah.albany.edu (Julius Andrew Cisek) (11/27/90)
Thanks two the two users who responded EXTREMELY quickly. Apparently, DiskDoctor will rename the disk to "Lazarus" if it doesn't find a name for it. Simple enough. I guess I can continue trusting my VirusX... :) -- | // .______. J.Cisek CSC MiniSystems "i don't want the world, \_o_/ | | \X/--|UU UUU| jac423@leah.albany.edu i just want your half..." \\| | | AMIGA |______| Amiga Student On Campus Consultant SUNY@Albany, USA \\ |
jld8755@helios.TAMU.EDU (Jonathan Davis) (11/27/90)
jac423@leah.albany.edu (Jules Cisek) writes: >I recently tried running BallyIII off of one of my game disks but got >a disk validation error after inserting it. Diskdoctor found track 40 >to be corrupt but was able to recover everything. Then I noticed that >the name of the disk was changed to "Lazarus" (it used to be >"MoreGames"). No one else uses my computer and I know of no program >that would change the name of a disk to that. Could this be a new >virus? The fact that only track 40 was corrupt (smack in the middle) >only adds to my suspicion. By the way, VirusX 4.0 noted nothing >strange (I always run it since I got hit by Lamer II last summer). It's not a new virus; Diskdoctor changes the name of the destination disk to 'Lazarus' when it cannot determine the name of the disk you were attempting to recover. >-- >| // .______. J.Cisek CSC MiniSystems "i don't want the world, \_o_/ | >| \X/--|UU UUU| jac423@leah.albany.edu i just want your half..." \\| | >| AMIGA |______| Amiga Student On Campus Consultant SUNY@Albany, USA \\ | ** |AMIGA /// | |-----/// Jonathan Davis "Dyslexics of the world, untie!" | | \\\/// jld8755@helios.tamu.edu --Unknown. | | \XX/ |
jms@vanth.UUCP (Jim Shaffer) (11/28/90)
In article <1990Nov26.215421.16919@sarah.albany.edu> jac423@leah.albany.edu (Jules Cisek) writes: > >I recently tried running BallyIII off of one of my game disks but got >a disk validation error after inserting it. Diskdoctor found track 40 >to be corrupt but was able to recover everything. Then I noticed that >the name of the disk was changed to "Lazarus" (it used to be >"MoreGames"). No one else uses my computer and I know of no program DiskDoctor changes disk names to Lazarus under certain circumstances. I don't know what those circumstances are, because I never use DiskDoctor. I prefer FixDisk personally, and there's another one called DiskSalve that a lot of people seem to like. But just about everyone will probably tell you that anything is better than DiskDoctor. "When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:" >| // .______. J.Cisek CSC MiniSystems "i don't want the world, \_o_/ | >| \X/--|UU UUU| jac423@leah.albany.edu i just want your half..." \\| | >| AMIGA |______| Amiga Student On Campus Consultant SUNY@Albany, USA \\ | -- paper : James Shaffer Jr., 37 Brook Street, Montgomery, PA 17752 uucp : uunet!cbmvax!amix!vanth!jms (or) rutgers!cbmvax!amix!vanth!jms domain: jms%vanth@amix.commodore.com CompuServe: 72750,2335 quote : ATTENTION ALL PLANETS OF THE SOLAR FEDERATION: WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL
skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) (12/02/90)
Two things, could someone tell me what the highest legitimate
version of VirusX is (is it in fact 4.0?), and could someone please tell
me if it runs OK under 2.0?
Thanks,
Georgetwells@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Dark Tangent) (12/03/90)
skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) writes: > Two things, could someone tell me what the highest legitimate >version of VirusX is (is it in fact 4.0?), and could someone please tell >me if it runs OK under 2.0? > Thanks, > George The current version of VirusX is 4.01. This was a minor fix over 4.0 so that it would run correctly under 2.0. Tabor Wells |------------------------------------| "Life. You're born. You live. You | | Tabor Wells | go on some diets. You die. | | twells@eecs.cs.pdx.edu | | |------------------------------------| -Bloom County | |
joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) (12/04/90)
skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) writes: > > Two things, could someone tell me what the highest legitimate > version of VirusX is (is it in fact 4.0?), and could someone please tell > me if it runs OK under 2.0? Latest legitimate version is 4.01. Works fine under 2.0. VX 4.00 breaks. > > Thanks, > George Joseph Hillenburg Secretary, Bloomington Amiga Users Group joseph@valnet.UUCP ...!iuvax!valnet!joseph "Only Apple could slow down a 68030 chip." -Computer Shopper
burton@latcs1.oz.au (J Anteloupas D. Bronzo.) (12/04/90)
Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: B.E.A.R. Group Incorporated,Latrobe Univ.,Melb,Australia Keywords: In <1990Nov26.215421.16919@sarah.albany.edu>, I could have sworn jac423@leah.albany.edu (Jules Cisek) managed to say: > > >I recently tried running BallyIII off of one of my game disks but got >a disk validation error after inserting it. Diskdoctor found track 40 >to be corrupt but was able to recover everything. Then I noticed that >the name of the disk was changed to "Lazarus" (it used to be ^^^^^^^^^^ I found this beastie a few months ago. I was running VirusX4.0 which didn't find it, and zerovirus V?.?? couldn't see it either so I killed it by reformatting all of my working floppies. I've had no problems since. >"MoreGames"). No one else uses my computer and I know of no program >that would change the name of a disk to that. Could this be a new >virus? The fact that only track 40 was corrupt (smack in the middle) >only adds to my suspicion. By the way, VirusX 4.0 noted nothing >strange (I always run it since I got hit by Lamer II last summer). > >-- >| // .______. J.Cisek CSC MiniSystems "i don't want the world, \_o_/ | >| \X/--|UU UUU| jac423@leah.albany.edu i just want your half..." \\| | >| AMIGA |______| Amiga Student On Campus Consultant SUNY@Albany, USA \\ | James who has just realised his 'Organisation' is out of date.
lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (12/05/90)
In <9300@latcs1.oz.au>, burton@latcs1.oz.au (J Anteloupas D. Bronzo.) writes: >Followup-To: >Distribution: >Organization: B.E.A.R. Group Incorporated,Latrobe Univ.,Melb,Australia >Keywords: > >In <1990Nov26.215421.16919@sarah.albany.edu>, > I could have sworn jac423@leah.albany.edu (Jules Cisek) managed to say: >> >> >>I recently tried running BallyIII off of one of my game disks but got >>a disk validation error after inserting it. Diskdoctor found track 40 >>to be corrupt but was able to recover everything. Then I noticed that >>the name of the disk was changed to "Lazarus" (it used to be > ^^^^^^^^^^ > I found this beastie a few months ago. I was running VirusX4.0 >which didn't find it, and zerovirus V?.?? couldn't see it either > so I killed it by reformatting all of my working floppies. >I've had no problems since. Great going James. You've resurrected a disk with DiskDoctor, and then proceeded to kill it by formatting it. That'll teach it! -- The only things to survive a nuclear war will be cockroaches and IBM PCs. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+