MMCCUNE@sctnve.BITNET (03/25/91)
INNOC has been updated to add two new viruses. It now inoculates against the Azusa and Joshi viruses. In addition to theses, INNOC already inoculates against the Ashar, Brain, Ping-Pong and Stoned viruses. INNOC will also remove all boot infectors already on the diskette. Anybody needing an inoculation program against a specific virus can read me at MMCCUNE@SCT.NVE (BITNET) or MMCCUNE@SCTNVE.PEACHNET.EDU (INTERNET)...<MM>.
MMCCUNE@sctnve.BITNET (05/16/91)
INNOC5 Boot-Virus Immunizer
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(c) Mike McCune 1991 - All rights reserved.
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If you find this program useful, please send $5.00 in US funds to:
Mike McCune
1100 S. Marietta Pky., Box 9007
Marietta, Ga. USA 30060
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Boot-Sector infectors are among the most prevalent of computer viruses
in the US. Commercial programs that detect and clean out these viruses
do not confer any immunity, and the same diskettes can be reinfected
at a later date by the same virus.
INNOC5 is a general-purpose Boot virus immunizer for diskettes. It will
not only destroy Boot Sector infectors, but will `inoculate' against some
of the more common Boot viruses. To use it, copy the program to the hard
drive of a clean system, insert the desired diskette in Drive A: and type:
innoc <ENTER>
INNOC5 will immediately destroy any Boot infectors present on the diskette
and will simultaneously immunize it against the following viruses:
Ashar
Azusa
Brain
Disk Killer
Joshi
NoInt (A new one discovered in early May 1991)
Ping-Pong
Stoned (Including the Swedish variant)
Diskettes immunized by INNOC5 will not be infected by any of the viruses
against which INNOC5 confers immunity. Such diskettes will be immune to
infection from the viruses that cause most of Boot infections in the US.
The immunization is achieved by writing special code sequences into the
Boot Sector. A side-effect of immunization is that immunized diskettes
can no longer be used as Booting disks. Since most disks are never used
in that manner, this is not a major problem. If you should need to make
a diskette bootable again, simply use DOS's SYS.COM (SYS A:.). This,
however, will destroy the immunization conferred by INNOC5.
INNOC5 issues the following messages:
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Read Error | An error occured while reading from the diskette. Simply
run the program again. Usually a hardware/media problem.
Write Error | An error occured writing to the diskette. Same as above.
Try again.
Diskette A: | Any Boot Sector viruses have been disabled, and the diskette
Innoculated | is now immunized against infection.
DISCLAIMER
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In order to avoid getting sued, I offer no warranty on this or any
other program. I do appreciate suggestions, though. I can be reached
on the ILink and FidoNet virus conferences. I can also be reached
on the RelayNet DataProtect and Virus-L conferences. My BitNet address
is MMCCUNE@SCTNVE and my InterNet address is MMCCUNE@SCTNVE.PEACHNET.
EDU...<MM>.