Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!bill
From: bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Virus Author comes forward!!!
Message-ID: <3008@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 87 20:09:05 GMT
References: <3007@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 107

In article <3007@cbmvax.UUCP> bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS) writes:
>
>	The following is a letter I received from the supposed author of
>the SCA virus! I thought some of you might find it interesting. 
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>SCA Virus Technical Support
>Switzerland / Europe
>
>
>Bill Koester (CATS)
>C.B.M.
>1200 Wilson Drive
>West Chester PA 19380
>
>
>SCA's Amiga Virus Protector - the ultimate cure!
>
>Dear Mr Koester,
>
>   Some days ago I read your Article from October 27 on usenet, in which you
>are searching for Virus-infected disks.

This is still true!! If anyone finds what they think is a new virus PLEASE
send me a copy at this address:
			Bill Koester (CATS)
			Commodore International Ltd.
			1200 Wilson Drive
			West Chester, PA 19380

>   I'm the author of the Virus (!), and I think I should tell you some info
>about it. It was intended to be a really harmless Virus, which doesn't kill
>any software! I programmed it because a friend (also a programmer) told me it 
>was impossible to make a virus on the Amiga. I didn't believe this and as you
>can see it's not very difficult to make a virus. I put it on some disks
>(with "pirate software" on them). but I never thought the virus would be
>spread all over the world within 3 months!
>
>   There's only one problem: The number of programs which use the boot-block
>of the disk, and as a result of this are killed by the Virus, is getting
>higher and higher! So I decided to create the Official SCA Virus Protector !!
>With this program you can protect all your disks against the virus, that
>means the virus will never copy itself on a protected disk! I think if all

I have already tested this program against the new virus the SCA virus
protector will NOT find or protect against the new strain of virus!!

>the software houses and public-domain-copy-services use it, the problem
>can be solved. You can find the Virus Protector on the disk I enclosed. It
>is public domain, so you can give it to anyone you want! (Perhaps it will be 

Do you really expect me to dristribute a program written by the author of
the virus? Get real! If I had source I might think about it, but no 
promises. My phone number is (215) 431-9355, Lets Rap!

>on Workbench 1.3 or on a Fred Fish disk soon??!!) I think the program is
        ^                  
	Ha!!!!
    
>easy to use, as it has built-in instructions.
>
>Some features of the Virus-Protector V1.0:
>
>. Examine a disk (shows whether a disk in infected and, if it is, displays
>the generation of the virus, that's how many times the virus copied itself
>before it came to your disk)
>
>. Kill Virus (like the CLI Install command, use this to heal infected disks)
>
>. Protect a disk (to protect all disks which are not infected. Works with
>all programs currently on the market!)

But does NOT work for the new strain of virus!!

>
>   As you probably know, the virus will be deactivated if you press the left
>mouse-button while resetting the computer (the screen will turn green for
>some seconds).
>
>
>   I hope the Virus Protector can help you solve the problems my virus caused
>If you want more infos (or source-codes) just place a message on the Usenet.

Well, here is my message. I might consider using modifying your program
but only if I have source. You know how to reach me. Why not prove your
good intentions and send me source for both the virus protector and the
virus?

>(I don't know whether it would be wise if I gave you my right address...)

Why, do you think I would post it to usenet?????

>
>
>					Sincerely
>
>					SCA
>PS: Excuse my bad English, but here in Switzerland we speak German!


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