shiekh@ITSICTP.BITNET (05/09/91)
Anyone got a cure for the SNEAK virus? Andy
lev@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov (Brian S. Lev) (05/11/91)
In article <9105090943.AA17338@ictpsun8.ictp.trieste.it>, shiekh@ITSICTP.BITNET writes... >Anyone got a cure for the SNEAK virus? > >Andy THERE AIN'T NO SUCH THING! The "Sneak" virus is the result of Interferon checking for a specific pattern of code jumps (as opposed to specific strings or actions) -- unfortunately, a lot of perfectly healthy, honest programs ALSO use those same patterns.... Since Interferon is trying to find some- thing whose exact appearance and identity it doesn't know, it warns people about a "sneak attack".... thus the Mac community's recreation of Orson Welles' broadcast of "War of the Worlds"! By the way, Interferon was once real good, but is now too old to detect a number of the newer MacNasties -- replace it QUICK with Disinfectant, Sam II, or Virex... Look in COMP.VIRUS for listings of places to get 'em, or you can ftp to one of my machines (dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov or dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov and grab the "MacSecure" package we've built around Disinfectant... +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brian Lev/STX (301)286-9514 (FTS)888-9514 | | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center DECnet: SDCDCL::LEV (6153::LEV) | | Advanced Data Flow Technology Office TCP/IP: lev@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov | | Code 930.4 BITNET: LEV@DFTBIT | | Greenbelt, MD 20771 TELENET: [BLEV/GSFCMAIL] | | X.400 Address: (C:USA,ADMD:TELEMAIL,PRMD:GSFC,O:GSFCMAIL,UN:BLEV) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "The ability of a network to knit together the members of a sprawling | | community has proved to be the most powerful way of fostering scienti- | | fic advancement yet discovered." -- Peter Denning | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCLAIMER: THESE STATEMENTS ARE MY OWN AND *NOT* NASA'S OR STX'S! | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+