Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: ucrmath!proton!muon!baumann@ucsd.edu (Michael Baumann) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Destructive virus... Message-ID: <0002.8908291156.AA25879@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 25 Aug 89 16:53:27 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 17 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu In article <0002.8908241743.AA12387@ge.sei.cmu.edu> dmg@mwunix.mitre.org (David Gursky) writes: >Does anyone on the list have some information about an alleged virus that >caused monitors on either older PCs, Ataris, or Amigas (I forgot which plat- >form was susceptible) to self-destruct? We were discussing this nasty over >lunch the other day and are interested in finding out more. I believe that you are thinking of the older PC, with the original IBM Mono adaptor. It is possible in software to shut off the sync signal, and in the original mono monitor, this meant that DC was applied to the flyback transformer. POOF. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radiation Research Lab |Internet: baumann%proton.UUCP@ucrmath.UCR.EDU Loma Linda Universtiy Medical Center | UUCP: ...ucrmath!proton!baumann Loma Linda, California. (714)824-4077|