padgett%tccslr.dnet@uvs1.orl.mmc.com (Padgett Peterson) (12/13/90)
Since Mr. Glath neglected to include a signature string in his VALERT posting, enclosed is a 16 byte id stringthat a user put on HOMEBASE for use with John's SCAN v71 /ext switch: 37 55 7b 78 78 73 6e 36 37 5d 62 79 39 37 23 3b I have not seen the virus so cannot attest to the string's validity but at least it is more than nothing. If someone has seen the virus please confirm/deny this string's effectiveness. Padgett
mlbarrow@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael L Barrow) (12/17/90)
padgett%tccslr.dnet@uvs1.orl.mmc.com (Padgett Peterson) writes: Since Mr. Glath neglected to include a signature string in his VALERT posting, enclosed is a 16 byte id stringthat a user put on HOMEBASE for use with John's SCAN v71 /ext switch: 37 55 7b 78 78 73 6e 36 37 5d 62 79 39 37 23 3b I have not seen the virus so cannot attest to the string's validity but at least it is more than nothing. If someone has seen the virus please confirm/deny this string's effectiveness. Padgett Hello there. I am one of the people at MIT who helped trap the little bugger (it was just in time for finals, yeah!) and I was looking around the infected machines that Mr. Glath speaks of with Norton Utils. I did indeed find occurences of the aforementioned string. In short, if this string is on your disk, you probably have the virus. If you have any further questions, feel free to send me email. I probably won't answer till Tuesday afternoon -- I have a final that morning. Happy hunting boys and girls! - -- Michael B. - -- ======================================================================= | Michael L Barrow | "If any of the above offended you, it was | | <mlbarrow@mit.edu> | my idea to do it -- not MIT's" | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Consultant : MIT Information Services & Project Athena | | Member : Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) | | Extra Curricular : MIT Student, Class of 1993 :-) | =======================================================================