Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!pro-carolina.cts.COM!delton From: delton@pro-carolina.cts.COM (Don Elton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: finding the virus code I mentioned earlier Message-ID: <8807240816.AA21449@crash.cts.com> Date: 24 Jul 88 04:22:47 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-carolina!delton@nosc.mil Organization: The Internet Lines: 21 Files infected by the prodos based virus I mentioned earlier start with the following code sequence: jmp relocate relocate jsr $ff58 tsx etc etc etc This means that you can use a block editor with a hex search feature and look for the string 20 58 FF BA BD to identify blocks containing the virus relocator code. UUCP: [ ihnp4 sdcsvax nosc ] !crash!pro-carolina!delton ARPA: crash!pro-carolina!delton@nosc.mil INET: delton@pro-carolina.cts.com Pro-Carolina: 803-776-3936 (300-2400 baud, login as 'register') US Mail: 3207 Berkeley Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29209-4111