Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!emory!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: HAG2@vms.cis.pitt.edu Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re:Possible virus on Commodore Message-ID: <0016.9010291826.AA04361@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 26 Oct 90 22:06:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 14 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I really doubt that there is a virus on your friend's Commodore 64. There just simply isn't any place for it to go, since it doesn't have battery backup and doesn't load in any files from disk everytime it's used. However, I suppose it's possible for there to be a virus out for the GEOS operating system on the 64, and probably remotely possible that there is a virus that is designed for a specific application, and he got the virus and useed the application in the same session. But since it was on two utilities, I'd guess it's a hardware problem... -Herschel Gelman hag2@vm2.cis.pitt.edu hag2@pittsvms.bitnet