C0195@UNIVSCVM.BITNET (Gregory E. Gilbert) (11/28/89)
I saw a posting on VALERT-L stating that a new virus has been found called the JUDE virus. Does anyone have any information beyond what was reported on VALERT-L? Has this been CONFIRMED to be a virus? Thanks much. Greg Postal address: Gregory E. Gilbert Computer Services Division University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina USA 29208 (803) 777-6015 Acknowledge-To: <C0195@UNIVSCVM>
dmg@lid.mitre.org (David Gursky) (12/03/89)
There's not much to say about it so far. It is apparently sufficently different from other nVIR clones so that older versions of Disinfectant will not catch it (there is allegedly a Disinfectant 1.3 that will catch it though) but not so different that Virus Detective will not catch it. Of course, Virus Detective has the advantage that it will allow the user to add new search strings for new viruses as they are found.
muellerm@inf.ethz.ch (12/05/89)
Yes the "Jude" virus is for real. However, so far it only has shown up at the University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland. It is an exact clone of nVIR type B; the only difference being the name of the viral resource which has changed form "nVIR" to "Jude". VirusDetective 3.1 positively identifies the new virus as nVIR strain. Both Vaccine and GateKeeper successfully prevent an infection. GateKeeper will, however, let through some of the "Jude" resources, but no contagious infection results. New versions of Disinfectant (version 1.3) and other anti-viral tools should be out real soon. Markus Mueller Institut fuer technische Informatik und Kommunikationsnetze Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule CH-8092 Zurich Switzerland Switch : muellerm@inf.ethz.ch ARPA : muellerm%inf.ethz.ch@relay.cs.net UUCP : muellerm%inf.ethz.ch@cernvax.uucp X.400 : G=markus;S=mueller;OU=inf;O=ethz;P=ethz;A=arcom;C=ch