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From: FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Viruses-commercial software
Message-ID: <27068@cup.portal.com>
Date: 18 Feb 90 20:36:39 GMT
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[line eater, line eater.  Wherefor art thou...well, y'know]

Just got SimCity and have been absorbed with it for the last several
days.(can you say "only two hours sleep"?  I knew ya could).  It is
great!  I can't say enough good things about it.  I hope they add 
more to the simulation like different types of roads and trains.  A
Rail yard and smaller airports.  Stuff like that.  

Anyway, my disk was infected with the Byte Bandit boot block virus!
Lucky for me I run Virusx so I was informed.  And I don't boot anything
unless I have to.  So I never ran the boot blocks.  But aside from a
letter or phone call, (which I will do Tuesday), does anyone know how
I can get in touch with Maxi?  Compuserve address? 

And if you have a copy of SimCity, check it for the virus.  Mine says 
copy 612!!  I don't think the boot block is non-standard on this game
because I replaced the boot block on my working copy and there have been
no problems but I haven't replaced the original and I won't until I
hear from Maxi that the software will work properly with the standard
boot block.

God, I hate these virii hackers!  Can't we boil 'em in oil as a 
warning?

Dana Bourgeois @ cup.portal.com