Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!raybed2!rayssd!anomaly!jhartley From: jhartley@bbs.sbs.com (Joe Hartley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Joshua virus?? Summary: Has anyone heard of this?? Keywords: virus,joshua Message-ID: Date: 11 Feb 91 16:17:34 GMT Sender: _jhartle@anomaly.SBS.COM Organization: Anomaly: Rhode Island's Public Access *NIX: +1 401 455 0347 Lines: 10 A friend of mine with a 1000 has had a strange thing come up that sure seems to be a virus. The system comes up with a box that floats across the screen with the word "Joshua" (a reference to the computer in WarGames??) in it. If he fires up VirusX, the system immediately comes up with a Software Error requestor. He intimated that this was also trashing his disks I have not yet gotten to his house to check out the offending disks with a sector editor or anything, so I have no further info as of yet. Any info on this can be posted here, or you may e-mail me at cadreri!jh@doorknob.cs.brown.edu PLEASE don't simply reply to this as I get mail at this login sporadically at best!! Thanx!