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From: rond@pro-grouch.cts.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: viruses
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Date: 15 Jul 90 06:24:30 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from tg.exc@pro-harvest.cts.com

> 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?  
 
That's strange, as far as I'm aware, blackout lives on block 0 exclusively. 
When i got it I just copied a good block 0 to all my infected disks and that
cleared it up nicely.  If you want to detect it, compare an infected disk
against a normal boot block.

Or just use Photonix to look at it.  Here's a little tidbit...  Take a look at
any disk copied by photonix and look at the sync gaps...  You will find the
FTA id hidden in there.

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