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From: greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Viruses
Message-ID: <4152@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 22 Sep 89 16:02:46 GMT
References: <8909151534.aa10599@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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In article <8909151534.aa10599@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> ST802148@BROWNVM.BITNET (Evan) writes:
>Have any of you encountered an Apple II virus where upon each boot of Prodos, t
>he computer scans available volumes (obviously to spread them), and then boots
>fine UNTIL one day when prodos doesn't show up on your hard drive - intead a gr
>aphics screen with some skulls and crossbones followed by a text screen of how
>everything on the drive has been anniliated and was the work of some sadistic h
>ackers?

I really feel terrible saying this now instead of earlier, but there is a
new virus out there that only seems to be on the GS so far.  Its called 
Lode Runner.  I read up on it, and while the programs supplied work fine 
to check your GS disks, the virus can apparently also hit our II
machines, and the detector won't run on anything but a IIgs.

I wrote a detector program, but never got arounnd to uploading it to 
apple2-l.

I think I'll go do that now...

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Michael J Pender Jr  Box 1942 c/o W.P.I.        I wrote SHELL and Daemon,
greyelf@wpi.bitnet   100 Institute Rd.          send bug reports, suggestions,
greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu  Worcester, Ma 01609        checks to me.