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VIRUS-L Digest Friday, 1 Sep 1989 Volume 2 : Issue 184
VIRUS-L is a moderated, digested mail forum for discussing computer
virus issues; comp.virus is a non-digested Usenet counterpart.
Discussions are not limited to any one hardware/software platform -
diversity is welcomed. Contributions should be relevant, concise,
polite, etc., and sent to VIRUS-L@IBM1.CC.LEHIGH.EDU (that's
LEHIIBM1.BITNET for BITNET folks). Information on accessing
anti-virus, document, and back-issue archives is distributed
periodically on the list. Administrative mail (comments, suggestions,
and so forth) should be sent to me at: krvw@SEI.CMU.EDU.
- Ken van Wyk
Today's Topics:
Re: Virus Naming
re: Virus Report from Brazil
Anyone ever hear of this virus? (PC)
Is this a virus? (PC)
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Date: 25 Aug 89 18:27:28 +0000
From: ttidca.TTI.COM!hollombe%sdcsvax@ucsd.edu (The Polymath)
Subject: Re: Virus Naming
EICHTER@Venus.YCC.Yale.Edu (Jerry Leichter) writes:
}The closest match from the traditional sciences is clearly with
}medicine. The person who gets to choose the name is the person who
}publishes the first article which describes the disease in some
}detail. ...
}... When the discoverer doesn't choose a name, the disease
}often gets named after him (Wernickie's Aphasia).
I think this is the way to go for simple psychological reasons.
Naming a virus for its discoverer is a strong discouragement to the
virus writers. Imagine the frustration of writing what you think is a
really nifty virus, only to have someone else's name associated with
it. Not much incentive there.
There's more than one way to fight this war.
- --
The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@ttidca.tti.com) Illegitimati Nil
Citicorp(+)TTI Carborundum
3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 452-9191, x2483
Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun|philabs|psivax}!ttidca!hollombe
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Date: 31 Aug 89 00:00:00 +0000
From: David M. Chess <CHESS@YKTVMV.BITNET>
Subject: re: Virus Report from Brazil
Does this imply that the Lehigh virus has been seen in Brazil? That's
certainly news if so; first I've heard of it being anywhere outside
Lehigh. Given the destructiveness of this virus, if it's gotten into
the World at Large, that'd be worth knowing for sure. Did the article
give any more details and/or has anyone else heard of the Lehigh virus
spreading beyond Lehigh?
DC
[Ed. I'm not aware of either Lehigh virus having infected anything
outside of the Lehigh University campus.]
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Date: 31 Aug 89 00:00:00 +0000
From: "Kenneth R. van Wyk" <krvw@sei.cmu.edu>
Subject: Anyone ever hear of this virus? (PC)
Has anyone out there ever heard anything of a "Columbus Day" virus?
If it exists at all (and I have no proof that it does), then it
doesn't appear to have been discussed on VIRUS-L. If anyone can
substantiate, one way or the other, the existence of this virus,
please email me and I'll summarize to the list. Thanks.
Ken
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Date: Fri, 01 Sep 89 16:26:00 +0300
From: <87303012@KRSNUCC1.BITNET>
Subject: Is this a virus? (PC)
HI, there.
I 'm a college student studying physics. Now I have discovered a
suspicious thing about MS-DOS's behavior in my sense. When I copy some
files to a floppy but I misput a write protected diskette, I find the
error massage "retry, ...". At this time, if I answer "r" to the
massage and puting a non-protected diskette, then the FAT and
DIRECTORY of the protected diskette is transfered to the second non
protected diskette(and the files that I copied to). Is this a DOS's
bug or a virus?
I look forward to the help from anybody.
Thank you.
Kim, YunKi <87303012@KRSNUCC1> BITNET
Seoul Nat'l Univ. Dep. of Physics
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