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- !!!!IMPORTANT WARNING!!!!
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- Virus Alert
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- avoid "DSKSLV3.DMS"
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- It has come to my attention that a perverted version of DiskSalv, chock
- full of viruses, has been circulating. This program, which is
- the result of some morons, apparently in Germany, should not be used
- under any circumstances.
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- The program, at least in the form I received, is in a DMS archive
- called DSKSLV3.DMS. The program itself is 106584 bytes long, though
- of course that's easily subject to change. The DMS archive also
- contains a custom boot block, some Commodore-copyrighted libs: files,
- and a silly log-on message:
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- D.L.T. => DRAGON LASER TEAM Presents: DISKSALV v3.01
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- DLT In Future Still PRESENT!!!
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- 1. KEEP YOURSELF SAFE
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- The flaws here should be apparent, but I'll spell them out just so
- anyone listening can avoid this sort of bullshit in the future.
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- 1) Real DiskSalv is only distributed in LHA archives. Please
- reject any other distribution format, other than an official
- Fred Fish disk release.
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- 2) Real DiskSalv would never include Commodore-copyrighted materials
- in the distribution.
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- 3) Real DiskSalv would under no circumstances identify a group of
- fools like this as having anything to do with it. I only distribute
- it complete with the various support files -- installer scripts,
- text files, documentation, etc.
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- 4) Real DiskSalv 3 is not Shareware, and would under no circumstances
- be distributed over a BBS. Please reject anything called DiskSalv
- that's not called DiskSalv 2.
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- It's pretty easy to make sure you get DiskSalv, or other freeware, via
- reliable channels. Fish disks or on-line services I upload directly to
- (BIX and Portal) are your best bet. Most othe major services have
- folks who check these things out for you. I imagine that most lower-
- level BBSs are safe, but again, you never know if uploads are verified
- or if the BBS itself it trying to propagate a virus. Keep in mind that
- any BBS willing to redistribute commercial software is probably not too
- concerned about trashing your system either. And you can always sign up
- for updates direct from me, you don't have to rely on the BBS at all.
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- 2. TO THE "DLT" JERKS
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- I don't know what drives such morons to do something like this,
- perhaps frustration with their inadequacies or something like that.
- Any bozo can screw up another person's code and install a virus
- program, it's no sign of programming skill, it's not going to qualify
- you as a hacker or anything. It's plain and simple vandalism. It
- just makes you a criminal, and a stupid one at that, since you're
- causing random damage and not profiting from it yourself. It's the
- computer equivalent of spray painting rude comments on a public wall
- somewhere. Anyone who could write a real program wouldn't waste their
- time with this kind of stuff.
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