Alan_J_Roberts@Sun.COM (08/01/89)
This is a forward from John McAfee: ============================================================================== I have received a copy of the boot virus reported by Yuval Tal and have included a check for it in the V32 of VIRUSCAN. The problem is that we don't have a name for it. I spoke with David Chess at IBM and suggested we call it the "Israeli Boot" since no other boot viruses have been reported from Israel. He found no problem with the name and I'd like to propose the name for general use. Any other name is also fine with me, but until another name is generally accepted the scan program will say "Israeli Boot Virus" whenever it's found. (I am aware that it is an unsatisfying name, it is marginally more descriptive than "Fred"). JDM [Ed. "Fred", eh? Hmmm... :-)]