--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4K00004 Date: 04/14/97 From: WILL ECKARD Time: 10:26pm \/To: MARK GAULTON (Read 2 times) Subj: FDD Problems MG>Recently, I was asked to work on a new system for a relative. I loaded >up dos 6.22 and win 3.1 with a full standard configuration. Immediately aft >that, the 1.44 FDD stopped reading 1.44 and only acted as a 720. Around the >same time, I was trying to transfer files onto floppy from my system and t >started to chew up my disks. I was just wondering if there was anything tha >may be related to a virus. I have run a full system scan using Scan 3.0, >fprot 2.26 and tbav 7.07. Any help would be appreciated. >Contact would be appreciated at mgaulton@interlog.com or >mark.gaulton@sheridanc.on.ca if at all possible. MG>... "Yes, I bet you have" - Han Solo >--- > * TLX v4.10 * MG>MAXX | mark.gaulton@sheridanc.on.ca & mgaulton@interlog.com MG>--- > * Origin: Hyper Space (1:259/418) Yes there is a virus that does that. It damages every 3.5 disk stuck in the infected computer. The read/write pins dig into the disk..... isspelled? Impossible. My modem is error correcting. --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/5 * Origin: The Town Square BBS 209-824-2644 (1:208/200) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4K00005 Date: 04/15/97 From: ROD FEWSTER Time: 08:00am \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: RIP Clinton Haines, who earned his place in virus-writing history at the age of fifteen as Harry McBungus, became a household name in the virus world by the time he was eighteen as Terminator-Z and TaLoN, gained widespread fame a couple of years ago with front-page newspaper headlines yelling about how his No Frills virus had stopped the Australian Taxation Office dead in its tracks for two days, and was regarded by his peers as one of the "best" virus writers of all time, will be cremated tomorrow morning. Clint quit virus writing two years ago to concentrate on his university studies and he had the intelligence to go a long way in his chosen field of microbiology, but unfortunately being intelligent doesn't always give you street smarts. Clinton Haines/Harry McBungus/Terminator-Z/TaLoN died from an overdose of heroin ... on his twenty-first birthday. --- * Origin: (3:640/886) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4L00000 Date: 04/13/97 From: TERRY G WRIGHT Time: 05:27pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: McAfee CEO Hallo All, Can anyone supply me with the name and address of the Chief Executive Officer of McAfee? They have taken my money and not provided the service contracted for. I want to make one last attempt to penetrate the corporate shield-wall. Upon the expectation that that will fail, can anyone let me have the name and address of some kind of law enforcement or citizens protection agency in the same area as the McAfee head office? Regards: Terry G Wright t.wright@obsdata.com ... FANATIC: one enthusiastic about something you don't care about. --- GoldED 2.50+ * Origin: Estepona, Costa del Sol, Spain (2:345/210.25) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4L00001 Date: 04/15/97 From: GORDON FREY Time: 08:31am \/To: JULIAN YAP (Read 2 times) Subj: No more Mister Nice Guy! On (12 Apr 97) Julian Yap wrote to Gordon Frey... -=> Quoting Gordon Frey to Julian Yap <=- GF> I think the moderator killed this topic?! GF> Gordon JY> Thank's for commenting Gordon, you really made a contribution. I bet JY> you did not even read my original post. Yes I did.... And as a Technican of 20 years I've never heard of any computer hardware failing due to a virus. In the days of the compaq portable there was a torjen that ate their harddrives.. (10 meg at $3000)... but that was a design flaw....no arm stops. Gordon ... A liberal's generosity is limited only by your income.. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: From the Underground Zorkian Empire (1:105/84.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4L00002 Date: 04/15/97 From: GORDON FREY Time: 09:44am \/To: PAUL WALKER (Read 2 times) Subj: Naughty Robots On (12 Apr 97) Paul Walker wrote to Gordon Frey... PW> Hi Gordon, PW> Gordon Frey to Paul Walker, 09 Apr 97 08:57. GF> The laws change form country to country.... But where was Chris GF> charged? PW> Um - here, seeing as that's where he lives. :) GF> it is a crime two make a bomb, it is a crime to knownly infect GF> anothers computer with a virus. I guess in most other countries PW> I'm not sure of the exact wording, but it was reported as "incitement PW> to write viruses" after distributing his SMEG engine, and the `how-to' PW> guide. PW> (Makes interesting reading, that.) Now I KNOW who, what, and where. And he did actively encourge the distribution and supplied the infectors with account names and pass words.... I've only found one or two things that have been claimed to be the SMEG engine and were not. Gordon ... Ignorance of history makes current events surprising. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: From the Underground Zorkian Empire (1:105/84.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4L00003 Date: 04/15/97 From: KURT WISMER Time: 09:28am \/To: DENIS MOREAUX (Read 2 times) Subj: Linux and viruses... -=> Mocking Denis Moreaux to All <=- DM> Hello All! DM> Has anyone information about Linux Viruses ? Which security there are maybe 3 of them... bliss got the most press, it's an overwriting infector... DM> hole they use, which payload they have, how to spot them, DM> how to block them ? the security hole bliss uses is - stupid super users... you can spot it with mcafee's scan for linux... DM> Same question for Java viruses (if any) and Active X viruses (if any no such thing as java viruses, only bad java applets... as for active x, i've not heard of any viruses and i doubt there are any at present... also, my understanding of active x is that they are supposed to be electronically signed by the person who made them and if the sig isn't there or isn't valid you simply don't use it... wonderful thing these cryptographic protocols, no? ... in AV, the code the gets control first wins... boot clean!... --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Virus Watch BBS ,[(416)654-3814] (1:250/503) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4L00004 Date: 04/15/97 From: KURT WISMER Time: 09:36am \/To: STEVEN WILLIAMS (Read 2 times) Subj: Windows 3.1 Virus questi -=> Mocking Steven Williams to All <=- SW> I seem to remember something about a virus that affects SW> Word documents a while back ago. It causes everything to SW> save as a template? Any info will be much appreciated!! word macro viruses... yes, plural... there are over 500 of the little beasties now... 150 families i think... they are macros written in visual basic for word (the ms word macro language) and are stored in the infected *.do? files (because word stores macros inside of the document files) and it spreads to other *.do? files and generally creates a big hassle for the user who has to then recover from all this.. ... i thought it was the metal bars that separated us from the animals... --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Virus Watch BBS ,[(416)654-3814] (1:250/503) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4M00000 Date: 04/16/97 From: KURT WISMER Time: 07:00am \/To: JULIAN YAP (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: No more Mister Nice -=> Mocking Julian Yap to Kurt Wismer <=- KW> officially offtopic and the moderator doesn't want to see those KW> messages here anymore until someone can prove that hardware destroying KW> viruses exist... JY> Well, at least your comments are constructive. But it does seem JY> unfair that I posted a serious message only once and I get bombarded JY> with about ten messages like yours. I think that one would suffice. JY> If he was `just' telling me to follow the rules then why did he have JY> to word it in such a rude manner. because the rule was made at the peak of another round of "software can damage hardware" debates and despite the fact that rod fewster has been quite verbal about this new rule, some people (like you) just didn't get the hint... to me (and possibly to rick) i would think that the moderator announcing the new rule would be "just telling" enough... ... i missed Bill Gates at COMDEX, but i'll get him next year... --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Virus Watch BBS ,[(416)654-3814] (1:250/503) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4M00001 Date: 04/16/97 From: KURT WISMER Time: 07:06am \/To: JULIAN YAP (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: another weird idea.. -=> Mocking Julian Yap to Kurt Wismer <=- KW> besides, pkzip doesn't show the comment anymore by default from what i KW> understand... you have to specifically tell it to do so... JY> I think you're wrong here about not showing comments by default. somewhat... the statement was underspecified... pkunzip doesn't show the ansi in comments by default, theres a switch to allow the viewing of ansi comments though... ascii comments probably do show up... ... i miss the blinking leds on my external modem... --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Virus Watch BBS ,[(416)654-3814] (1:250/503) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: E4M00002 Date: 04/16/97 From: KURT WISMER Time: 07:13am \/To: JULIAN YAP (Read 2 times) Subj: No more Mister Nice Guy! -=> Mocking Julian Yap to Rod Fewster <=- > rf> A VIRUS, CEASE CLUTTERING UP THE ECHO WITH THIS CRAP! > I've got this theory. rf> A VIRUS, CEASE CLUTTERING UP THE ECHO WITH THIS CRAP! JY> Why must you attack me more than once, I think you made yourself clear JY> the first time around. attack you? he's the moderator, he's telling you the rules and he's making implications about what will happen if you don't follow them... and he's doing it more than once because you didn't stop the first time... ... sober is the ability to lay on the ground without holding on... --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Virus Watch BBS ,[(416)654-3814] (1:250/503)