lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) (05/31/90)
Is there any anti virus s/w for the apple2 and GS? Are there any known viruses out there specific to those system. Any pointers would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. Dan Lulue lulue@nosc.mil
kutcha@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Phillip Rzewski) (05/31/90)
In article <1106@manta.NOSC.MIL> lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) writes: >Is there any anti virus s/w for the apple2 and GS? Are there any known >viruses out there specific to those system. Any pointers would be most >appreciated. Yes, there have been some viruses in the history of Apple. Two that come to mind are "Festering Hate" and the "Lode Runner". I believe there is a piece of public domain software available that attacks both flavors. If there is interest from the people here I would be glad to post it. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: -Phil Rzewski Internet: kutcha@clotho.acm.rpi.edu :: :: "A man in love is a man possessed." Bitnet: USERF3DK@RPITSMTS.BITNET :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
APTC1%MKVAX1.DECNET@MSUS1 (Just searching for reality) (05/31/90)
I can not remember the name of the virus, but there was one on the program from France called FastCopy GS (or something to that effect). It would corrupt the original and the copy. The program was on a 3.5" disk with a DOS that I had never seen before.
unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) (05/31/90)
In article <XM|$*}@rpi.edu> kutcha@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Phillip Rzewski) writes: >In article <1106@manta.NOSC.MIL> lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) writes: >>Is there any anti virus s/w for the apple2 and GS? Are there any known >>viruses out there specific to those system. Any pointers would be most >>appreciated. > >Yes, there have been some viruses in the history of Apple. Two that >come to mind are "Festering Hate" and the "Lode Runner". I believe there >is a piece of public domain software available that attacks both flavors. >If there is interest from the people here I would be glad to post it. I had a virus about 5 years ago... It was called CANCER DOS. This was back in the 'age' of 5.25"s obviously... It's so funny because people make such a big deal about viruses nowadays, and I had one before most people knew about viruses... (I don't even know if the term virus had been transferred to this particular situation... but it probably had) -- _ __ __ __ _ /-------------------------------\ /_\ |__| | __|(GS) |_| |_ \ / |_| | unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu | / \ | |__ |__ | |__ \/ | \ | unknown%darkside.com@ames.arpa | Computer engineering student seeking a job. \-------------------------------/
prophet@oxy.edu (Dale Bruce LaFountain) (06/01/90)
I recently downloaded the program in question (I think) from the University of Michigan. It is in the pc5 directory, called UT.VIRUSTEST. From the documentation in the program (in BASIC), it only checks system files for Prodos 8 applications. Hope this helps... Dale prophet@oxy.edu
jayg@wpi.wpi.edu (Jay Giurleo) (06/08/90)
In article <1429@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church) writes: > Isn't downloading a program to check for virus's a little counter >productive? I can't think of a better place to hide one. Well... I suppose you must assume that the people responsible for the system you downloaded the program from were adept at their job... you could also download TWO different virus detecting programs.. and see if one detected a virus in the other. -- . . . ------ Jay Giurleo ------ Internet: jayg@wpi.wpi.edu ----- AOL: JayG117 -----