Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!asuvax!ukma!cs.widener.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: borzieri@king.ICO.Olivetti.Com (Ivan Borzieri) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: New Virus ? Smiley Virus - Amiga Message-ID: <0011.9103201343.AA20555@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 18 Mar 91 16:32:32 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 22 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I was playing with my WB disk when the mouse pointer turned into a PacMan like object, with a scrolling message under it saying something like : "This is a new virus from Centurions, and it's called Smiley Virus. It seems that some of your disks have been infected !" I tried to take it away with ZeroVirus III, but it did not recognize it. I took a look into memory, using VMK tool, included in DW 1.2. I saw that there was something like "startup-sequence", ares, etc. Looking in my startup-sequence, I saw that the first command was "Ares", so I thought the virus had copied itself in that command. I reinstalled Arp on the infected disk (to prevent the virus had infected some other command). Then I turned down the machine and bootstrapped from the infected disk. Looking in memory with VMK gave "No Virus Present" as result, so I felt immediately happy ! Anyway, I'd just love to know which is the latest Anti-Virus for The Amy. Thanx, Ivan Borzieri