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From: jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: RE! LOADRUNNER VIRUS
Summary: I checked the disinfector out
Message-ID: <803@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 89 05:26:54 GMT
References: <408*delaneyg@wnre.aecl.cdn>
Reply-To: jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak)
Organization: ARP Software, Madison, WI
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	I was rather apprehensive about using a disinfector without source
from someone I hadn't heard of, so I disassembled the disinfector & took a
look - aside from the replacement boot code (which I didn't look at much),
it looks like it's clean. Does anyone know why the authors didn't distribute
the source? They obviously anticipated disassembly (there was a message that
read "Why are you looking here? This is only empty space." embedded in the
code), so why not just make everyone a little bit more comfortable and give
the source with the thing... The program itself isn't any big deal, and the
disinfection method is obvious from the code. Guess I'm just as confused as
ever - oh, well.
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