--------------------------------------------------------- * Silver Xpress V4.4P [Reg] --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: PC-Ohio PCBoard * Cleveland, OH * 216-381-3320 (1:157/200) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E1P00005 Date: 01/14/97 From: DANIEL PAQUET Time: 10:14pm \/To: STEVE HINKLE (Read 2 times) Subj: virus 2097? > I had a strange thing happen to a systm i'am working on, the > date jumped to 2097, the time and date are right, but the > year changed, i have set the cmos back to the right year, but > i always changes back, some programs will show the right year > and date but most yell the they are to old and need to be > updated. I keep setting the cmos but it keeps going back to > the year 2097. Is this a virus? All scans say no virus,but > someone has said that it is, can anyone help? Thanks... Hi!.. I'm not an expert in virus but i have something for you... Try to unplug your cmos "Battries"... Make shure that you keep you smos config before... I think that you know that... Outch... What an ugly english! Did someone tell you another solution? Daniel Paquet --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: (1:167/800) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E1P00006 Date: 01/20/97 From: BETTY HOLDER Time: 03:13am \/To: MALCOLM YOUNG (Read 2 times) Subj: Virus HOAX [1/2] -=> Quoting Malcolm Young to Betty Holder <=- MY> Hi Betty, > That reminds me of the original STONED virus, the virus writers > mispelled "legalize." They put "legalise." MY> The stoned virus came from New Zealand legalise is the correct way to MY> spell it here and NZ. MY> Regards, Malcolm. Thanks for telling me. Where exactly are you? I notice you are in Fidonet Zone 3 and I am in Zone 1 here in the U.S. I thought maybe the virus writers were stoned or uneducated, but I guess I was wrong. But someone must have gotten hold of the virus and changed the dialect of the language then, since the more recent variants spell it our way. Later, Betty --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: [ The Mach ][ BBS ] - RA 2.50+ - USR DS V.34+/33600 (1:3654/144) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E1P00007 Date: 01/19/97 From: DUANE GOERTSON Time: 05:14am \/To: DAVID KIRSCHBAUM (Read 2 times) Subj: Internet downloads -=> Quoting David Kirschbaum to Graeme Minto on 16 Jan 97 12:28:00<=- DK> On (10 Jan 97) Graeme Minto wrote to All... DK> But I don't depend on TSR virus scanners to protect me from anything DK> new I bring into the system. Instead, I fire up FPROT manually and DK> scan everything (to include executables in archives). And I check DK> compressed executables by type to insure they're not something weird DK> FPROT can't handle. PMFBI, I'm using the latest OEM of W95 and have not yet found enough nerve to try FPROT under W95. I'd appreciate it if you could tell me how you are using it. Do you use it as a TSR at all or do you simply run it under a DOS window when you want to particularly check things out. How does it handle the long filenames? I'm really a chicken and fear that it might just affect some of the hidden files with long names and cripple my W95 so any suggestions that you might give me will be much appreciated. I really found FPROT superior to McAfee and would like the opportunity to keep on using it. Thanks for your help. Duane duanegoertson@lightspeed.bc.ca ... My hard disk is full! Maybe I'll try this message section thing. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, BC (604-266-7754) (1:153/7715) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E1P00008 Date: 01/20/97 From: DAN WATSON Time: 08:15pm \/To: DANNY KEOGH (Read 2 times) Subj: tbav -=> Quoting Danny Keogh to All <=- DK> Anybody know where I can get TBAV on the internet? DK> THE FURBALL: FURBALL@STRUG.COM.AU DK> "The fur will be with you, always." DK> ------------------------------------------------------------ DK> ... Have you ever wished you could download a pizza? DK> -!- FMail/386 1.02 DK> ! Origin: Enterprise BBS, Melbourne, Aust, +61-3-9776-6732 (3:632/158) Try this url.. http://www.shareware.com ... then try to search on the word virus.. Dan Watson internet: eact-t-vii-ncoic@emh4.korea.army.mil Online in Yongin, South Korea Go Red Wings!!! Go Lions!! ... "Mr. Worf, fire phasers at Danny" ... Zzzzzap! ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: The Power Zone, Camp Hialeah, Pusan Korea (6:760/101.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E1Q00000 Date: 01/20/97 From: GORDON FREY Time: 11:27am \/To: DANNY SOSEBEE (Read 3 times) Subj: AV Software on the backbone? On (18 Jan 97) Danny Sosebee wrote to All... DS> Can anyone tell me if there is any distribution of shareware AntiVirus DS> software on the FidoNet filebone? I have what I thought was a full list DS> of DS> the filebone, but I cannot locate anything that is described as ntiVirus DS> files. I'd love to be able to keep the latest in several kinds of DS> AntiVirus software available for my BBS users, but I don't have the time DS> to go hunting them all down. I have the capability to link to almost DS> anything on the Fido filebone, but can't seem to locate the proper file DS> echo. Is there such a thing, and if so what's it called? Many thanks for DS> any assistance... Well looking in my DB of files, anti-virus utilitys have come down the filebone on 4 different areas, The lastest can in on W32_UTIL for win 95, ad_winut, utilnet (dos), and TBB_APPS (for TBB BBSs). Gordon ... A liberal's generosity is limited only by your income.. --- PPoint 1.92 * Origin: From the Underground Zorkian Empire (1:105/55.42) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E1Q00001 Date: 01/20/97 From: GORDON FREY Time: 11:30am \/To: DANNY SOSEBEE (Read 3 times) Subj: Is this true?? On (18 Jan 97) Danny Sosebee wrote to Rod Fewster... DS> Hi Rod, DS> As the moderator of this echo, I figure you've probably seen or heard of DS> this one. Since I'm by no means a virus expert, I don't know if I hould DS> believe the following statement or not: DS> A friend (and programmer) of mine told me a few days back that a virus had DS> been found which could physically damage an IDE or SCSI hard drive. He DS> stated that this was done by directly accessing the drive controller and DS> instructing the drive to step beyond it's normal limits, jamming the DS> stepper arm and thus making the drive unusable. DS> While it sounds reasonable, I know enough to realize it may or may not e DS> true. Is there in fact a virus (or any sort of program) that can do his DS> sort of physical damage? I've heard the big noise about onitor-damaging DS> viruses, and from what I've read here they don't truly exist... but how DS> about the above situation? WRONG! that hasn't been true for years........ some of the frist MFM st509? interface drives it was true for though. Gordon ... REDNECK: If you purchase earrings that double as fishing lures. --- PPoint 1.92 * Origin: From the Underground Zorkian Empire (1:105/55.42) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E1R00000 Date: 01/16/97 From: PETER LAVENDER Time: 09:17pm \/To: RUNE-KRISTIAN VIKEN (Read 3 times) Subj: Regionalized Viruses Hiya Rune-Kristian, And thus Rune-Kristian let it be known to KURT: >>>> the author of the Internet Worm was Robert Morris JNR. >>> Well - did that man get any 'penalty' for writing the Inet worm? >> i do believe he was penalized in some manner, RV> Well, but is there anyone who KNOWS exactly what happened? :-) I'm sure I have the story of the inet worm in a book at home.. if you are really interested then netmail me about it and I'll try maintaining enough interest and type out the bits you want to know. :) It might take some time as I'm about 5 1/2 hours from home ATM and only get back there on the odd occassion. Cya, Pete --- GoldED/386-2.50+ & FMail 1.22a+ * Origin: Wagga Wagga!? Where the hell next? (3:635/506.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E1R00001 Date: 01/17/97 From: PETER LAVENDER Time: 12:21pm \/To: RICK COLLINS (Read 3 times) Subj: *.asm Hiya Rick, And thus Rick let it be known to Julian: JY>> Why the hell are you helping an obvious lamer who doesn't know a JY>> compiler from a linker. You just disgrace the whole VX and AV JY>> community. RC> Care to discuss the meaning of "lamer"? Used as a derogatory term for some one with out a clue. You can be a lamer for just about anything. Just as long as you know a little more than someone else you aren't a lamer and they are.. :) It's chest thumping at it's worst. Cya, Pete --- GoldED/386-2.50+ & FMail 1.22a+ * Origin: Wagga Wagga!? Where the hell next? (3:635/506.4)