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From: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DIGA! lockup
Message-ID: <1980@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 26 Nov 88 18:07:35 GMT
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>In article <1956@van-bc.UUCP> lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips) writes:

>>
>>> ... after my system disk got renamed
>>> `Lazarus' by somebodys bogus attempt at writing a virus I keep my system
>>> disk write protected. ...
>>
>>The bogus attempt at a virus program that bit you in this case is called
>>"DiskDoctor", and came from CBM.

>Larry:  I'm surprised at you.  If you're going to answer a neo's question
>you should do so in a way that removes some of the confusion, rather
>than increasing it!

  You are right Andy, and I apologize for the misleading nature of my answer.
I can only say that I sometimes forget that not everyone on the net will
recognize an answer like this for what it is; a comment on DiskDoctor mixed
with a feeble attempt at humour.

>1. DiskDoctor is not a virus program.  It only runs when you ask
>it to, and does not attempt to transfer itself to another system, and
>does not attach itself to other programs.

  Right. It does not attach itself to other programs or make any attempt to
moive into another machine. It has, however, probably destroyed more data
than any of the viruses we've seen so far, and has been more dangerous,
if for no other reason than that it is a program included on the CBM
distribution disks, with all the 'blessing' that implies.

  I have not tried 1.3 DiskDoctor yet, so take the above comments as being
directed at an earlier version.  The method I have been recommending for
dealing with bad floppies under 1.2 has always started with "First, delete
DiskDoctor", and has gone on to talk about DiskSalv and Sectorama.

  I hope DiskDoctor 1.3 has gotten rid of its habit of throwing away
perfectly good data in addition to refraining from rearranging directories.

-larry


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