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From: kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II Viri
Message-ID: <1991May28.213512.21609@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 28 May 91 21:35:12 GMT
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davidbrierley@lynx.northeastern.edu writes:



>    I've read a few recent posts here that mention some newer Apple //
>viri, like Burp and Screen Blanker.  If someone knows about these critters
>could he/she post notes here and in Virus-L?  Thanks.

Burp: If it's the one that trashed my hard disk, it's in BASIC.SYSTEM (the
version that's infected for me was v1.4). I remember reading where upon the
51st access to the BASIC.SYSTEM file it trashed the directory and renamed
it "BURP!".  Screen Blanker I haven't heard of.
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