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From: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Unknown residents (virus?)
Keywords: Residents Virus virus
Message-ID: <22485@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 15 Jun 91 03:10:10 GMT
References: <1991Jun14.091133.1684@gdt.bath.ac.uk>
Reply-To: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jun14.091133.1684@gdt.bath.ac.uk> ccspad@gdt.bath.ac.uk (P A Dale) writes:
>A friend of mine who also has an A590 put me onto this one.
>
>He was checking out the residents list using ARTM (PAL version)
>and noticed two unattributed residents (marked unknown rather than
>say a library). I checked my list as well and sure enough there
>they were. The first has the name <something>hookMJ, with the MJ in reverse
>video and is at a priority of 5. The "hook" part makes me nervous. Then down
>at the bottom of the list is "strap" and a priority of -60!
>
>I've checked out memory with virusx4.01, kdviii and run the latest virus
>checker on my HD and no viruses have been found. I'm careful when it comes
>to these things (my paranoia knows no bounds as I even check DOS disks 
>which are game originals like Railroad Tycoon and Warlords :-). Please 
>could a knowledgable soul set my mind to rest and explain what residents
>I should typically see. 
>
>Both of us run A590s off A500s using the ARP library and commands.
>I've checked the task list and it *looks* o.k. The Cool capture vectors
>etc. are clear. Do I need a soft couch and a sympathetic ear (doctor, these
>viruses are getting me down :-) ?
>
>Ta,
>Paul

Take a tranquilizer, Paul. :) Those are normal things that you are seeing
in the residents list.  You are wise to be paranoid (but probably not
as paranoid as this) as there has been more than one case of commercial 
software developers letting a virus slip past them on their release disks.
But to all I say that if you are going to have 'virus fever' to the point
that it impedes your enjoyment of computing, well, maybe ballet would be 
safer. :)

Brian

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