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From: woodside@ttidca.TTI.COM (George Woodside)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT !!!!!
Message-ID: <2602@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 27 May 88 13:36:17 GMT
References: <8805261722.AA27626@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: woodside@ttidcb.tti.com (George Woodside)
Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica
Lines: 35

In article <8805261722.AA27626@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> GASPARD@HROEUR5.BITNET writes:
...[edited]...
>I've just got a phone-call from de dutch distributor of GFA-BASIC.
>There is a book called GFA-BASIC 3.0 with has a disk inside.
>This disk is infected by a 'boot'-virus.
>You can kill it with the standard viruskillers.
>You can also bring it back to the place where you bought it.
>
>NOTE:  It is NOT the disk with the BASIC interpreter (3.0).
>       That one is allright.
>
>The book is written in German by: G.P. Engels & M.C. Gorgens.
>ISBN-3-89317-004-9

Seems like just a few weeks ago, there was a net discussion of liability
of a commercial vendor if a virus was found on a commercial distribution.
Someone's crystal ball was tuned in quite clearly!

If someone will reproduce this disk, and mail me a copy, I'll add this
virus to the detect-and-kill capabilities for the next posting of the
virus killer.

  George R. Woodside
  5219 San Feliciano Drive
  Woodland Hills, Ca. 91364  USA

Thank you.

.Food
.Food
.Food


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*George R. Woodside - Citicorp/TTI - Santa Monica, CA 
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