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From: RCSTRN@HEITUE5.BITNET (ROB_NAUTA)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: WP virus (PC)
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Date: 14 Jun 89 20:02:00 GMT
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I read the messages about the so-called WP virus. The message states
that the virus attacks WP.EXE and any other EXE file. WP complains
with 'Can't find correct copy of WP.EXE' and something more. This is
not a WP virus ! We have to thank Wordperfect Corporation for building
in a virus-checker in WP.EXE.  WP checks its own EXE file and prints
this message when it has been modified.  This traps EXE infectors. It
seems to me that this virus doesn't infect WP.EXE specifically, just
any EXE file that is started, with WP.EXE as the only one giving a
proper warning.

Rob J. Nauta
rcstrn@heitue51.bitnet
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