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From: bcstec!gentry@uunet.UU.NET (Tim Gentry)
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Subject: Re: bouncing ball...watch it! (PC)
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Date: 14 Aug 90 16:39:37 GMT
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Amr Malik writes:

> ...  I was  reading John McAfee's book about viruses a
> few days ago and it said about some virus of the same sort which shows a
> bouncing ball  while it is  reproducing and infecting other  programs in
> the system.
>
> This book said about another sort of virus which shows small bugs coming
> out of all four  corners which eat (delete) the words  on the screen and
> destroy all the data files meanwhile,

OK, the "bouncing ball" effect >is< a characteristic of a virus, but
the "small bugs" visual effect is (to the best of my knowledge) not.
A small TSR .com file called "bugres.com" is responsible for this
effect.  When the program is installed pressing Alt-B will invoke the
visual effect.  It's really a lot of fun to watch, and it is NOT a
virus!  (Unless, of course, somebody has hacked into the code)

     -Tim

Tim Gentry    Boeing Computer Services   (206) 234-1640
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