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From: johnv@tower.actrix.gen.nz (John Veldthuis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: I found a TICK VIRUS
Message-Id: <5685.tnews@tower.actrix.gen.nz>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 06:36:31 +1200
References:  <57045@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Organization: Amiga Virus Extermination Services, NZAmigaUG
Comment-To: GELSON%SBU.UFRGS.ANRS.BR@uicvm.uic.edu (Gelson Dias Santos)
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Quoted from <57045@nigel.ee.udel.edu> by GELSON%SBU.UFRGS.ANRS.BR@uicvm.uic.edu (Gelson Dias Santos):
> 
>    Last weekend I found a Tick Virus in a friend's disk. It was detected and
> removed by Virus_Checker 5.22. I didn't find a virus description in the
> Virus_Checker docs. It was a boot block type and seems to be harmless, but I
> would like to confirm with you. Anyone can give me a short explanation about
> wat this virus does? I have a virus backup, if anyone want a copy.
> 
I stopped comment the simple BB viruses in the docs because the file was
getting to big. Any virus that is recognized but not mentioned what it does
in the docs is just a virus that will copy itself from disk to disk.
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*** John Veldthuis, NZAmigaUG.         johnv@tower.actrix.gen.nz       ***