Virus on the loose

[Francois Rouaix]

Well, that's fun. There are a few points I'd like to know about:
1) Does the virus declares itself as soon as it is installed ?
That is : suppose you have an infected boot disk. does it show the
virus message on the first time it is booted ? I thought it would be smart
to add a boot counter, so that the message should be shown only after
the fifth boot for example :->.
2) How could it be that DiskZap can not detect the virus ? Is the format
of the Boot Block 1 modified by the virus ?
3) Is the virus destructive in some way ?
4) Could all this stuff be a BIG JOKE on us, fearful users ?
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[Jonas Flygare]

in article <5...@inria.UUCP>, rou...@inria.UUCP (Francois Rouaix) says:
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> Well, that's fun. There are a few points I'd like to know about:
> 1) Does the virus declares itself as soon as it is installed ?

No, it seems as if it is waiting for a while...

> 3) Is the virus destructive in some way ?

Yes, presumably. I haven't gotten any of my disks ruined yet, but friends
of mine claim they have..

> 4) Could all this stuff be a BIG JOKE on us, fearful users ?
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[Francois Rouaix]

I have had echoes on my BBS here in France that many people have
infected disk. The source is actually 'SCA'.
It seems that there exists somewhere a program called 'Virus Killer'.
I'll try to post it ASAP.