V2002A@TEMPLEVM.BITNET (Andy Wing) (05/31/89)
This might sound a bit unusual but I'd like to get a copy of
Virus-Maker. My department is in charge of a computer lab where our
user community can test and evaluate a wide variety of HW/SW systems.
We are also supposed to be the 'source' of PC knowledge. Recently we
were caught off guard by the BRAIN virus and we had to scramble to
recover the data of a few distressed users. What I'd like to be able
to do is at my leisure use a 'guinea pig' PC for testing purposes. If
we can see how some of these darn things work, then we'll know better
how to counter them. We currently have c-4 and flushot3 in addition
to the regular Norton /PCtools programs to help us.
BTW, the ROM check option on Flushot3 managed to crash our Compaq
Deskpro-286 when I tested it with PCtools doing low level disk access.
I had to reboot with the configuration disk and reinit the PROM.
Also I got CHEKUP18 from SCFVM and it hung both the Compaq and the XT.
Any thoughts on these glitches?
Andy Wing Senior Analyst, TEMPLE U. HEALTH SCIENCES CTR.
V2002A AT TEMPLEVM (BITNET)
[Ed. I'd suggest starting with new versions of the programs that
you're using - get FluShot+ 1.52.]