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From: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: A cure looking for a disease? (I hope)
Message-ID: <2018@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 10 Mar 88 00:37:52 GMT
References: <8803081650.AA29358@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <8803081650.AA29358@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 051332@UOTTAWA.BITNET (John Turnbull) writes:
>
>A program called VDU_2_0.PRG has been posted to the FILESERVers at
>CANADA01 and UHUPVM1.  It is claimed that it will cure the 'Boot sector'
>virus and immunize the disk from future infection with this virus.
>
>Does anybody have any information about this virus, its mode of
>infection, mechanism, symptoms or how wide-spread it may have become?
>
>Please post replies to the net.  Most people will be interested.  /JT
>
>John Turnbull,          NetNorth: 051332@uottawa

The magazine ST Applications warned of a virus being spread around via
"disks from W. Germany". They did not give any information on how the
virus is spreading (ie part of a larger program?), but the disk for
this issue is supposed to have a virus detecting program on it. No
info as to exactly what damage the virus is capable of doing either.

--Patrick Simon   mpsimon@phoenix.princeton.edu    3/9/88