[comp.virus] Anyone ever hear of "Little Black Box" virus?

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...]