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From: sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Is there a new virus?
Message-ID: <20491@linus.UUCP>
Date: 26 Dec 87 04:11:41 GMT
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Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA
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In-reply-to: carlos@io.UUCP's message of 24 Dec 87 20:35:39 GMT

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> At a recent meeting of the BCS Amiga users group, a friend described
> being victimized by what he is sure is a new virus - but this one
> kills disks.
> 
> The general symptoms he described were getting read/write errors on
> his disks, (As I recall, surface errors around track 40 or 41),
> followed by errors in validation of his disks, requesting a visit to
> the disk doctor. He is sure this was a virus because it started after
> he got a new batch of PD disks, and to eradicate it he had to go
> through all the motions described for wiping out the well-known SCA
> virus.....
> 

Hmmm, I have just encountered *exactly* the same symptoms, immediately
after having accessed a new batch of Fred Fish disks (# 111 - 118).
In fact, disk # 111 went completely bad, also around tracks 40-41!
Fred, if you're out there somewhere, have you noticed any problems
with these disks?


Steven Litvintchouk
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