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From: hollen@eta.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ->NEW VIRUS AND CURE<- for ALL IBM PC/XT/AT/386 type systems
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Date: 11 May 89 14:27:23 GMT
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From article <296@evecs.UUCP>, by root@evecs.UUCP (Andrew Lindh ):
> One more way to protect you self from the virus:
> IT WILL NOT WRITE ON WRITE-PROTECTED DISK.
> (but then you have the same porblem)
> I have been informed that this "Ping-Pong" virus
> is also called "The Italian Virus"


Once again, HOW is this virus spread.  What programs may it come in
with.  If you don't know exactly, how about a list of possibilities.
Telling us all about a virus is very wonderful but knowing how it
is spread can help it to be avoided, rather than looking for symptoms
of infection and then trying to purge it from the system.  Don't get
me wrong, I really appreciate all the information so far, but I feel
that the infection vector is the most important, and it has not been
yet characterized.

	Dion Hollenbeck             (619) 455-5590 x2814
	Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA  92121

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