Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!rex!ukma!cs.widener.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: IPBR400@INDYCMS.BITNET (Pat Ralston) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Mutation (or not) of Stoned (PC) Message-ID: <0015.9103271735.AA27835@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 26 Mar 91 16:17:37 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 18 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu In the March 4th issue 34 VIRUS-L Digest we (IUPUI) reported what might be a mutation of Stoned or Stoned II. In that posting we said "McAfee's VIRUSCAN version 74B reports Stoned, but ONLY on FLOPPY disks". We have had many responses -- Thanks to all. Some of those responding felt that we are seeing old -- vanilla -- Stoned. One of the most heard responses was "have you tried version 75?". Yes, when version 75 was available to us we used it; with the same results. Stoned can be found on floppy disks but not the hard disk. We have sent a specimen to only one or two people who asked for it -- most major (familiar) names on this list. It is still an unsettling thought that this Stoned -- whether vanilla/common version or new hacked version -- can be found on floppy disks only. Pat Ralston IUPUI Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis