Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Various subjects (PC) Message-ID: <0001.9008031127.AA06769@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 2 Aug 90 13:23:11 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 38 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu F-PROT news F-PROT version 1.12 is finished - It is not completely up to date, as I have not yet been able to obtain samples of some very recent viruses (Sublimal and Poem for example). The next update will therefore appear soon - expect 1.13 late in August. The program has been sent to everybody on my distribution list, and has also been uploaded to chyde.uwasa.fi. I also expect it to appear soon on comp.binaries.ibm.pc. "Stealth" virus I have seen the name "Stealth" used for 4 different viruses, 4096 (Frodo, IDF) and 1260, as well as two of the Bulgarian viruses. This is too confusing, so what I propose (and what I will do in version 1.13 of F-PROT) is to use "Stealth" to refer to a class of viruses - the viruses that attempt to hide from detection, using a variety of methods. Comments, anybody ? Lost mail Some time ago I deleted several mail messages by accident. I assume many of them were virus-related, so if any of you sent me mail about three weeks ago and have not received a reply, I probably lost your messages. Sorry :-( Just E-mail me again, but don't expect a reply until in about 10 days or so, because ..... Vacation time I am going on a vacation today - the first time for more than two years when I will not have a computer in front of me most of the day. I will be back on August 10......... - -frisk - -- Fridrik Skulason University of Iceland | Technical Editor of the Virus Bulletin (UK) | Reserved for future expansion E-Mail: frisk@rhi.hi.is Fax: 354-1-28801 |