[comp.virus] Error in F-PROT 1.15

frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) (04/19/91)

An error was discovered in version 1.15 of F-PROT.

Symptoms: F-TEST would report that F-DRIVER was not installed or not
	  working, when in fact it was.

Reason:   F-TEST was locked by F-XLOCK, but it should not have been.

Fix:      Either just give the command

		F-UNLOCK F-TEST.COM

	  or replace the F-TEST.COM with the following program.

begin 755 f-test.com
hY70u1U4o0QoVi+-AnG349IFGGJN3IW-dQm-iPrEUOKtnR43gP4JY64xm64tj
BR0-rPr7fOKtb6Eo87034
+
end

- -frisk

billj@uop.uop.edu (Snugglupagus) (04/20/91)

frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) writes:

>Fix:      Either just give the command

>		F-UNLOCK F-TEST.COM

tried it, but it didn't work.  now i run f-test only to get the
following message:

program infected with the f-test- virus.
access denied.

or something like that.

>	  or replace the F-TEST.COM with the following program.

>begin 755 f-test.com
>hY70u1U4o0QoVi+-AnG349IFGGJN3IW-dQm-iPrEUOKtnR43gP4JY64xm64tj
>BR0-rPr7fOKtb6Eo87034
>+
>end

well, this is all we got at this site.  obviously, it's not the whole
thing.  if someone could email me a copy or tell me what the above
error message means, it would be appreciated.

btw, i am using a 286/10 compatible running ms-dos 3.3 and 4dos 3.02.

snugglupagus
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frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) (04/24/91)

I wrote:
>>Fix:      Either just give the command
>
>>		F-UNLOCK F-TEST.COM

billj@uop.uop.edu (Snugglupagus) writes:
>
>tried it, but it didn't work.  now i run f-test only to get the
>following message:
>
>program infected with the f-test- virus.
>access denied.
>
It works...

This is exactly the message you should get when the program is
working.  The "Program infected..." is the message you get when
F-DRIVER stops a program it suspects of being infected with a virus.
Note that F-TEST.COM does not contain a virus, however.

>>	  or replace the F-TEST.COM with the following program.
>
>>begin 755 f-test.com
>>hY70u1U4o0QoVi+-AnG349IFGGJN3IW-dQm-iPrEUOKtnR43gP4JY64xm64tj
>>BR0-rPr7fOKtb6Eo87034
>>+
>>end

>well, this is all we got at this site.  obviously, it's not the whole
>thing.

It is the whole thing.  The above program is an xxencoded correct
version of F-TEST.COM

I have also fixed a few other problems with F-PROT 1.15 - if your
program reports a "possible infection" by "10 past 3" or "Kamikaze",
ignore it.

- -frisk