Alan_J_Roberts@Sun.COM (09/25/89)
ViruScan V38 is out and has been sent to Compuserve and the comp.binary sites. This version identifies the MIX1, the New Ping Pong, the Dark Avenger, Syslock (3551) and a new Vacsina string identifier. The MIX1, by the way, is identified by SCAN as an Icelandic varient, since it is 85% or more the original Icelandic virus. All earlier viruses are still identified by SCAN and the strings have not changed for this version. SCANRES has also been updated to prevent a system from being infected by any of the above viruses. Its version is SCANRES8. Alan
mlord@watmath.waterloo.edu (Mark Lord) (09/26/89)
In article <0012.8909251241.AA29279@ge.sei.cmu.edu> portal!cup.portal.com!Alan_ J_Roberts@Sun.COM writes: >ViruScan V38 is out and has been sent to Compuserve and the >comp.binary sites. This version identifies the MIX1, the New Ping ViruScan V37 was recently uploaded to SIMTEL20, and a question about it's authenticity has been posted to one of the .ibm.pc newsgroups. Apparently the length of the SCAN program is 34 bytes longer than the constant (??) length that the author said would be preserved for all versions. Is this a valid copy, or might it have a little parasite attached ? - -Mark