RKIENER@TRINCC.BITNET (Ron Kiener) (06/17/89)
I today received the following message from Israel concerning the reported WordPerfect virus. This letter is in response to the original VALERT message which I passed on to friends in Israel. The following message includes instructions for using UNVIRUS.EXE. Here is the message: > Date: Fri, 16 Jun 89 19:22:01 IST > From: Shlomo <BIDERMAN@TAUNIVM.BITNET> > Subject: Virus > > Dear Ron, > Yoav sent me your Virus-letters. I read it and had a good laugh: > almost half of the pc users in our advanced country have encountered > the described virus more than 6 months ago (I had it too!!). And a > remedy was found by two wizards from Jerusalem. I am sending it > to you. It is called UNVIRUS.EXE. This is what you should do: > > 1) Put it on a *floppy* (NOT on HD), together with Command.Com (i.e., > the DOS system) > 2) Boot up your pc with the Diskette (Don't write-protect it, since > UNVIRUS.EXE creates a temporary file while operating) > 3) Type > > unvirus c:<cr> > > 4) And boom ... out went the virus!! > The program is free of charge, as you can see in the introduction > Bye. Shlomo Since I know nothing about viruses, and a bit about WordPerfect, I cannot vouch for the UNVIRUS program. I did decode it and run it according to instructions, but since I do not have the virus, the UNVIRUS program reported my hard drive was clean. During operation, I noted that the UNVIRUS program examined all subdirectories of my drive and quickly flashed through all .EXE files. In a separate file I am also posting the UNVIRUS.UUE file which I received from my friend at Tel Aviv University, a user of WordPerfect 4.2. He is also not a virus "maven." I take no responsibility for the outcome of UNVIRUS.EXE, but I do hope it solves this problem. Ronald Kiener RKIENER@TRINCC.BITNET Trinity College, Hartford, CT