Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: RADAI1@HBUNOS.BITNET (Y. Radai) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: 4096 virus frequencies? (PC) Message-ID: <0010.9007051920.AA04382@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 4 Jul 90 08:51:44 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 23 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu David Chess asks: >Does anyone have a strong feeling (or even hard evidence!) for >how widespread the 4096 virus is? We have seen very few >first-hand reports, but there are rumors, from the direction >of Israel in particular, that it is beginning to become a >significant problem in some places. Does anyone know any >more than I do on this subject? DC The 4096 is very widespread at present in Israel (where it is more commonly known as the "Frodo" or "100 Years" virus). It was disco- vered in this country about a year ago. (Judging from the fact that one of its many nicknames is "IDF", it was presumably first discovered in the Israel Defense Forces.) As many readers of VIRUS-L know, it is a very sophisticated virus. A description of it was given in the May issue of the Virus Bulletin (published in the UK). Y. Radai Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Israel RADAI1@HBUNOS.BITNET RADAI@HUJIVMS.BITNET