brians@sequent.UUCP (Brian Sheets) (03/30/89)
From sequent!tektronix!uunet!lll-winken!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!ig!ames!oliveb!pyramid!prls!philabs!briar.philips.com!rfc Wed Mar 29 08:50:42 PST 1989 Article 1930 of rec.ham-radio.packet: Path: sequent!tektronix!uunet!lll-winken!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!ig!ames!oliveb!pyramid!prls!philabs!briar.philips.com!rfc >From: rfc@briar.philips.com (Robert Casey;6282;3.57;$0201) Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,rec.ham-radio.packet Subject: virus in PKARC software Message-ID: <47960@philabs.Philips.Com> Date: 27 Mar 89 14:34:24 GMT Sender: news@philabs.Philips.Com Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, NY Lines: 36 Xref: sequent rec.ham-radio:9813 rec.ham-radio.packet:1930 copied from packet: Date: 25 Mar 89 03:56:53 UTC (Sat) >From: wa2sqq@kd6th.nj.usa.hamradio (BOB ) WARNING ! WARNING ! WARNING ! >From: WA2SQQ Bob Kozlarek Subject: Software Virus PKZIP/PKUNZIP .92 AM40/AM41 Recent developments in the software world have required the famous PKARC software to be replaced by a new version called PKZIP/PKUNZIP. While several versions have been seen, the latest appears to be version .92 . Usually listed on landline BBS's is a program which will provide a menu driven screen for PKZIP, usually listed as AM-40 or AM-41. After running these one time, the embedded virus allocated 13 meg of memory to "never never land". It appears that this "strain" looks to see how much memory is occupied on the HD and then proceeds to gobble up an equal amount of unused memory. The results are devastating if you have more than 50% of the drives capacity in use. With the assistance of Gary WA2BAU I was able to retrieve the lost memory by using CHKDSK /f. For those of you who are not familiar with this DOS command, drop me a line @KD6TH and I'll elaborate. My sincere thanks goes out to Gary WA2BAU for saving me lots of disk handling ! Please pass this on to your local BBS and be sure to include the remedy. Best 73 de WA2SQQ Bob Kozlarek @KD6TH in Wycoff, NJ copied from rec.ham-radio -- Brian Sheets KA7KDX "I'll be back" 19730 SW Prospect Ln. Aloha, Or 97007 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, 503-591-7858 Any movie he's been in.