luken@ubu.cc.lehigh.edu (Kenneth R. van Wyk) (06/03/89)
Has anyone ever heard anything of a PC virus known as the "Little Black Box"? The only information that I have is that it is allegedly similar to the Friday the 13th virus. ANY information would be greatly appreciated. Ken
RZOTTO@DKNKURZ1.BITNET (Otto Stolz) (06/06/89)
> Has anyone ever heard anything of a PC virus known as the "Little > Black Box"? Ken, my personal copy of "Friday, 13th" virus (alias "Israel#1", alias "PLO") exhibits a characteristic "black hole" in the lower left half of EGA screens: If you set the background color to blue, say, you'll see a black rectangle, sized 1 by 8 (approximately) character-boxes. This feature could well cause somebody to dub this virus "Little Black Box". Hence, I suppose, you just hit on a new alias for the notorious "Friday, 13th". Best wishes Otto [Ed. Bingo. Little Black Box is an alias for Black Hole...]