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From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT!
Message-ID: <2673@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 25 Jan 91 10:45:40 GMT
References: <7327@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL>
Reply-To: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
Organization: University of Iceland (RHI)
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In article <7327@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL> lev@suned1.UUCP (Lloyd E Vancil) writes:
> "investigation revealed a message in the boot sector which stated "Your PC is
>stoned."  Virus detection software confirmed the presence of the "Stone" virus.
>Further investigation revealed it's presence on other PCs in the area with
>damage to at least one hard disk drive.  A share ware program, which produces 
>SF-171s, appears to be the source of this virus."

Ehem....

The shareware program cannot be the source of the virus, as this is a boot
sector virus, which does not infect programs.  The diskette containing
the program may have been infected - but then the question is where the
diskette came from.

So - if you download your "SF-171" producing program from a BBS, SIMTEL20,
BIX etc., you are in NO danger of being infected.

-frisk

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