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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Butonic Virus
Keywords: How to detect, and destroy?
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Date: 7 Sep 90 14:43:30 GMT
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In <105933@convex.convex.com>, swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes:
>In article <9230@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> olson@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Olson) writes:
>>It seems as though there is a new virus here in Hawaii called the Butonic
>>virus, I a disk that I know it is on, and was wondering if there is an easy
>>way to find and kill this virus?  I would like to have something as easy as
>>VirusX to work with, but I am willing to use anything else that will work
>>against it.  BTW what do most of you use for virus protection and 
>>irradication?  Please E-Mail unless it is of vast net importance...
>
>If you really must frighten us all with tales of a new virus, please
>include with your tale a brief description of the symptoms.

Yes, and send a copy to Steve Tibbett as well, so that he can include the kill
for it in the next VirusX.

-larry

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