--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAF00001 Date: 06/10/97 From: JEFF EDMONSON Time: 09:13am \/To: RAYMOND LAU (Read 2 times) Subj: Virus checker > JE> There's no need for you to finish - I've read the drivel you > JE> try to lay down, and it's completely obvious you don't have a > JE> CLUE as to what you are talking about, and the initial > JE> feeling of someone so dumb posting in here (and elsewhere) > JE> giving a sort of sense of humor, has COMPLETELY lost it's > JE> charm! > Yes, that's why I am trying to be nice and make up for what I > had done:) GO AWAY! --- FMail 1.02 * Origin: Electronic Avenue BBS 210-533-5668 San Antonio, TX (1:387/510) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAF00002 Date: 06/10/97 From: ROD FEWSTER Time: 09:50am \/To: RICHARD STEGHERR (Read 2 times) Subj: New AV files > 02-Jun-97 13:37:44, Ron Amos wrote to All > Subject: New AV files > RA> FP-227.ZIP 993934 * FRISK'S F-Protect AV utilities for DOS > RA> TBAV801.ZIP 443421 * Thunderbyte A-V utilities for DOS > RA> TB95801.ZIP 1028262 * Thunderbyte A-V utilities for Windows95 > I am registered user of Thunderbyte A-V utilities and I am wondering how > you can get the newest update so fast. I tried to find version 801 on > the TBAV-support-site on the Internet but there was still V.800 as > latest issue. > Maybe there is a similar fast BBS in Europe too? www.tbav.com.au is almost always first with the latest. --- * Origin: --==[ Secure Antivirus Systems International ]==-- (3:640/886) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAF00003 Date: 06/06/97 From: KURT WISMER Time: 02:45pm \/To: DON HANN (Read 2 times) Subj: Virus checker -=> Mocking Don Hann to Kurt Wismer <=- > two likely possibilities are 1) you're using an incredibly poor virus > checker or 2) your virus checker identified the virus generically and > you mistook the generic type declaration of "stealth virus" as being > the > proper name of a specific virus... DH> The virus scan programs were: McAfee, Norton, IBM and another DH> that I don't remember the name of. Not exactly "poor" virus DH> checkers... ah, i see... well that's another kettle of fish entirely then... it's not particularly easy to tell when someone is incorrectly reporting the name that a virus scanner is giving them... mcafee and ibmav report absolutely no virus as simply "stealth"... stealth.boot.c perhaps, but not just "stealth"... ... using VCL is programming vicariously through others...** --- TGWave v1.20.b09 * Origin: fks Online! * Ontario, Canada * (905)820-7273 * (1:259/423) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAF00004 Date: 06/08/97 From: PAUL WALKER Time: 03:00pm \/To: DON HANN (Read 2 times) Subj: Virus checker Hi Don, Don Hann to Kurt Wismer, 05 Jun 97 05:53. DH> The virus scan programs were: McAfee, Norton, IBM and another DH> that I don't remember the name of. Not exactly "poor" virus McAfee and Norton aren't that highly regarded AFAIK. IBM is okay, though... But as you say, doesn't really matter that much. :) ... Assembler Code: BNCB: Branch and Never Come Back --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: "He is immortal, and he is not alone." - Dawson (2:440/410.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAF00005 Date: 06/08/97 From: PAUL WALKER Time: 03:00pm \/To: ROD FEWSTER (Read 2 times) Subj: Ejok VIrus Hi rod, rod fewster to William Hargrave, 04 Jun 97 18:53. rf> After I cut the feed to the whole of Israel to get rid of Zvi Netiv I ! You don't mess around, do you? ... "Let's see what kind of hero you really are..." -- Kalas --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: "No more rules." -- Duncan MacLeod (2:440/410.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAF00006 Date: 06/08/97 From: DYLAN SIDES Time: 11:47am \/To: WILLIAM HARGRAVE (Read 2 times) Subj: FDD Problems Hullo William. 01 Jun 97, William Hargrave wrote to Dylan Sides: DS>> I need a new drive. WH> For 16 hours work I could get a new drive of about 2.5gb ;-) I expect it to arrive on my doorstep by the weekend. --- GoldED/386 3.00.Alpha5+ * Origin: Slave new world (2:442/621.2600) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAF00007 Date: 06/10/97 From: STEPHEN KLIEGL Time: 12:49pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: WHAT KIND OF "CONDOM" SHO hello everyone, I was just wondering what AV utility I should use. I had ThunderByte704 but it seemed to be giving me a lot of false alarm so I eleted it. Is McAffe better? Your help would be most appreciated. SGK --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (1:153/7715) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAF00008 Date: 06/11/97 From: GORDON FREY Time: 08:22am \/To: AARON JORDAN (Read 2 times) Subj: This Deleting Virus message On (05 Jun 97) AARON JORDAN wrote to ALL... AJ> I have recently seen some messages with stuff like "if you AJ> delete a virus it is gone" and "if you do it can still come back." AJ> Well I am here to say (and correct me if I'm wrong) that when AJ> you "delete" something it's still there unless you actually get down AJ> and dirty in the *actual* hardrive which would require special AJ> training. AJ> Instead, when something is "deleted" it is simply not accessible by AJ> your computer. It's still there, but it's "hidden" you just don't see. Yes if you do not delete or clean all the files and if it is a MBR infector also....... and you do not clean/delete including droper program which may not be detected you'll become infected again! Gordon ... Fundamentalists can legally park in handicapped zones! --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: From the Underground Zorkian Empire (1:105/84.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAF00009 Date: 06/11/97 From: GORDON FREY Time: 08:28am \/To: RAYMOND LAU (Read 2 times) Subj: Virus checker On (06 Jun 97) Raymond Lau wrote to Dylan Sides... DS> There's probably hundreds of people reading every message you DS> write, all of them laughing at how ignorant you are, and DS> there's plenty of people out there who'd love to beat the DS> shit out of you if they ever met you in real life. RL> No i don't think so. There are only one or two people visit this echo RL> every month and you are one of them how interesting:) RL> Can I be you friend:) Don't be so ignorant there are a lot of people reading this echo but they are lurking..... and it is a international echo to boot! Gordon ... REDNECK: If you purchase earrings that double as fishing lures. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: From the Underground Zorkian Empire (1:105/84.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 171 VIRUS INFO Ref: EAG00000 Date: 06/10/97 From: RICK COLLINS Time: 08:20pm \/To: AARON JORDAN (Read 2 times) Subj: Virus checker -=> Quoting AARON JORDAN to PAUL WALKER <=- -=> FidoMail to 1:163/215, please.-=< -> MS>> so your saying he should make a backup copy of the infected -> MS>> system, and format it, then reinstall the backup? -> RL> Yes -> Which will accomplish what, exactly...? AJ> Yeah really! Doesn't this guy know that would DELETE AJ> EVERYTHING ON THE DISK? AJ> Sometimes I wonder about these people. Be careful. You're new here, and you wouldn't want to get the wrong sort of reputation. :-) If one did what was suggested, you would _not_ "delete everything on the disk", and, more to the point, you may not fix the virus infection at all. Those two statements are both correct, and the reson they are correct is related. Can you tell me why? TTFN. Rick. Ottawa, ON 10 Jun 20:23 --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 * Origin: BitByters BBS, Rockland ON, Can. (613)446-7773 v34, (1:163/215)