DAVID@BGUVM.BITNET (David de Leeuw) (08/01/90)
I wrote that 4096 does attack the boot sector. David M. Chess and Y. Radai doubt this. I should state that my observation was based on circumstantial evidence only: four computers here refused to boot after massive attacks by 4096. Also Michael Greve's original letter states that his computers would not boot anymore. After antiviral cleaning and SYS the systems boot again. I will try to isolate the virus to have it compared by Y. Radai with the "original" 4096. Are mutations also known in computer viruses ? David de Leeuw Ben Gurion Univ of the Negev