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From: ART100@psuvm.psu.edu (Andy Tefft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: viruses
Message-ID: <90192.131403ART100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 11 Jul 90 17:14:03 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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A while back there was talk about an apple // virus that was
known for scanning the online devices when you ran an infected
program. Recently I've noticed disk drives being checked when normally
they wouldn't be - most recently when I booted up my Kermit disk
(a 3.5"). Before the "menu.system" menu came up, the internal drive
of my //c was scanned (it was empty) and that has NEVER happened.

I've run the virus detector programs that I have downloaded before,
and they turn up negative. But there are a number of little programs
out there to check for a number of viruses, and I think maybe I
just didn't try the right one.

Anyone know which virus I'm talking about, and how to detect it?
Also, pointers to all available virus programs would be useful,
as I'd like to get them all gathered together (and possibly put
on a public disk here at Penn State). I can find all the ones
on apple2-l and plains.nodak.edu myself, but I haven't been
keeping up with all the archive sites.