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From: tg.exc@pro-harvest.cts.com (Terry Guelfo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: viruses
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Date: 14 Jul 90 09:46:19 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from ART100@psuvm.psu.edu

You could be dealing with any number of viruses.  You say you have a //c, so,
according to what I know right now, that rules out Lode Runner and Blackout. 
The prominant //e etc viruses are CyberAids and Festering Hate, although I did
not know that those were still going around.  As far as virus detecting
programs, there are numerous ones out there... it just takes a matter of
looking.  You might try America Online... I hear they have them on hand
usually.

Speaking of viruses, I have a GS and just ran into one recently.  I'm glad it
wasn't Lode Runner.. but not glad since it was Blackout (GS specific viruses
can get NASTY I hear..heh).  I found it by running one of my disks through
Photonix v1.46 with the anti-virus option OFF (yes, very strange.) 
Nonetheless, I copied all the files to ram, and then cataloged the 3.5"
floppy and the ram disk.  Sure enough, on the floppy there were more used
blocks ... and they were unaccounted for as far as the file counts went.  I
got rid of it by just copying the files back to a fresh disk.  I was hoping to
find a program that would detect the Blackout virus itself... and remove it
itself without having to go through that file copy mess.  Does such a program
exist?

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