Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!csuchico.edu!ekrimen From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Virus Message-ID: <1991Apr29.041414.11716@ecst.csuchico.edu> Date: 29 Apr 91 04:14:14 GMT References: <9104290307.AA00767@odie.cs.mun.ca> Sender: news@ecst.csuchico.edu (USENET) Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 19 In article <9104290307.AA00767@odie.cs.mun.ca> carlos@odie.cs.mun.ca (Carlos Borges) writes: >In article larserio@ifi.uio.no writes: >>Someone asked what a link virus is so i might as well tell you all :-( >>It's a small programs that "pastes" on to a program file in such a way that >>each time you start that program the virus is run too... >> [ ... ] :-( So watch out !!! > >Is there any "cure" for a link virus? Does any virus-killer detect/destroy >these types of virii? I've had programs bomb on me that had previously >worked fine... Might be the virus you're talking about. Atari Virus Killer, which is a commercial product, can handle link viruses. I think it's up to version 4.0. -- ||| Ed Krimen [ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu or al661@cleveland.freenet.edu] ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261