Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: grinberg@bimacs.biu.ac.il (Dennis Grinberg) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: 4096 and 1260 Viruses (PC) Message-ID: <0010.9002011922.AA24486@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 1 Feb 90 07:24:53 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 13 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu Alan_J_Roberts@cup.portal.com writes: >This is a forward from John McAfee: . stuff deleted Topic is 4096 virus > We don't yet know the exact mechanisms used by this virus, but >we do know it works. No memory resident virus filter, or system virus >scanner that we are aware of is able to prevent infection from this >virus, or detect an infection after it has occurred - providing that >the virus is active. The only way, currently, that we know how to >detect this virus is to look for its code in memory. This is strange because I seem to recall SCAN55 detecting this virus on a machine that I came across. Is my memory faulty?