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From: leefi@microsoft.UUCP (Lee Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: more on the FLUSHOT2.ARC anti-virus program
Message-ID: <1155@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 88 20:27:50 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA
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Here's another message from Ross Greenberg, author of the FLUSHOT2
program (anti-virus COMMAND.COM TSR). I'm forewarding his message
since he doesn't have usenet access.

> From Ross Greenberg, 2/8/88:
> 
> Why didn't I include source code in FLUSHOT[2]?
> 
> Easy. I didn't want to make the ability to get around FLUSHOT all that
> a simple matter. True, someone with a debugger can figure out exactly
> what FLUSHOT does and can figure out how to get around it. But the
> casual idiot (the one thinking of what a nifty virus or trojan would be)
> isn't gonna take the extra time to create an eat-the-FAT program which
> might already be protected against by FLUSHOT. Keep 'em guessing, make
> 'em work for your disk! (BTW: Your FAT is pretty well protected!)
> 
> Obviously, though, people are concerned about the FLUSHOT (or any other
> program gotten through the net or from a BBS) program being safe all unto
> itself. Sorry: I can only promise you that the version on my own BBS
> is safe, as well as those from people like Keith Peterson (hi, keith!).
> 
> What about bugs, like the one which seemed to have trashed at least one
> hard disk out there? Well, they'll be fixed. FLUSHOT3 will be up soon,
> and should be a bit easier to use, and give some better pointers as to
> what is going on when it intercepts a call it 'feels' is a nasty one.
> 
> Feel free to contact my board at (212)-889-6438 at 24/12/3, N,8,1
> to grab a fresh copy of FLUSHOT at anytime. If you find a bogus copy
> running around: please let me know as soon as possible and advise
> the sysop on whatever board you find it on!

-Lee
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