Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:4140 alt.folklore.computers:7436 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bu.edu!shelby!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!mermaid!brian From: brian@mermaid.micro.umn.edu (Brian) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: STONED virus (I got STONED too!...all about STONED) Message-ID: <1990Nov28.191327.2680@cs.umn.edu> Date: 28 Nov 90 19:13:27 GMT References: <1990Nov27.141833.18847@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <1990Nov27.220707.2712@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <27539F17.26311@orion.oac.uci.edu> Sender: news@cs.umn.edu (News administrator) Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept. Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: mermaid.micro.umn.edu dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause) writes: >In article <...> marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) writes: >You also need to get CLEANUP when you get SCAN. It works quite well on >Stoned. (BTW, I lost data due to cross-linked files that I couldn't >reassemble correctly.) Also try F-PROT (available on anonymous ftp all over, slowly from it's home town of uwasa.fi) which I believe works better on Stoned than CLEANUP, and includes all sorts of scanning/disinfecting/protecting utilities for much less money than the suite of McAfee utilities. McAfee updates more often and is easier to get started with, but F-PROT is updated fairly often and is easier to use after it's set up. BTW I'm a registered SCAN user, I'll probably register F-PROT someday, but I don't really use my clone for much beyond being a terminal anymore. If anyone suspects a virus on their machine, or wants to know more about viruses read comp.virus for a while, and use SCAN or F-PROT (MS-DOS) to check for viruses. You can ftp to mibsrv (130.160.20.80) and look in pub/ibm-antivirus. Followup set to comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, BTW. -- Brian "When I have a headache, NO ONE gets laid!"