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From: olson@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: New Virus
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Date: 28 Sep 90 10:06:14 GMT
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	It must be my lucky year!  I found a new virus (again).  This
one manifests itself in a so called "new" version of unwarp, version 1.4.
The virus is integrated into the unwarp file.  The virus is written
by the Centurions.  It changes the KickTagPtr, and it contains some text
that I scanned from memory.  The text is as follows:

__________BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT__________

>>>>>>> HI THERE  A NEW AGE IN VIRUS MAKING HAS BEGUN     
THANX TO US>>> THANX TO: === CENTURIONS ===   AND WEVE    
THE PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU THAT SOME OF YOUR DISKS ARE    
INFECTED BY OUR FIRST MASTERPIECE CALLED:                 
 < THE SMILY CANCER <                                     
HAVE FUN LOOKING FOR IT>>> AND STAY TUNED FOR OUR NEXT    
PRODUCTIONS>   CENTURIONS: THE FUTURE IS NEAR;            
                                                          
                                                          
HELLO HACKERS OUT THERE!! A NEW FORCE HAS BORN IN ITALY:  
--- CENTURIONS ---.  OUR TEAM IS COMPOSED OF 2 GUYZ:      
ME & HIM.(AHAHHA!) THE AIM OF -- CENTURIONS -- IS JUST    
VIRUS MAKING.. WE HAVE LOTTA FUN DOING THIS AND WE ALSO   
HOPE TO GIVE FUN TO THE KILLERS MAKERS (HI STEVE TIBBETT!)
HAW! HAW! HAW! SIGNED: ME & HIM / CENTURIONS.             
_________________END OF TEXT ___________                                                          


It also looks as if it infects only floppies, and it affects the
startup-sequence, I say this because I found the following near the 
above text and the KickTagPtr.

trackdisk.device                                          
startup-sequence                                          
virusup-sequence


A copy will again be going to SteveX.

					Todd

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