VIRUS-L Digest Wednesday, 12 Apr 1989 Volume 2 : Issue 86
Today's Topics:
(c) Brain killers wanted (PC)
Worm reports for BITNET subscribers
nVIR removal (Mac)
Debrain.. (PC)
virus conference
Why write a virus?
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 89 03:05:49 ECT
From: Ken Hoover <
[email protected]>
Subject: (c) Brain killers wanted (PC)
We've been fighting what appears to be a winning battle against the
(c) Brain variant of the Brain virus here at SUNY-Binghamton for the
last couple of weeks. Having just finished removing the little
buggers from a few of our disks (marked as suspicious because the
write protect tabs we put on them were gone), I am wondering if any of
the boot sector-restoring programs for the PC would be effective
against this virus. Is wiping the boot sector effective against this
one?
Ken Hoover
UG Consultant, SUNY-Binghamton Computer Center.
Binghamton, NY, USA.
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 89 09:05:50 BST
From: David.J.Ferbrache <
[email protected]>
Subject: Worm reports for BITNET subscribers
The full set of reports on the Internet worm is available from the
Heriot-Watt info-server at <
[email protected]>. Please only
request if you are a bitnet site in the US or Europe who can not
obtain these reports from other mail based archive servers.
1. A tour of the worm, Donn Seeley, Dept of computer science, University of
Utah. Nroff me macros
Topic: unix.utah
2. A report on the internet worm, Bob Page, Dept of computer science,
University of Lowell.
Plaintext
Topic: unix.page
3. The internet worm program: an analysis, Eugene Spafford, Dept of
computer science, Purdue University. Postscript
Topic: unix.worm
4. With Microscope and Tweezers, an analysis of the internet virus of
Nov 1988, Mark Eichin and Jon Rochlis, MIT. Postscript
Topic: unix.mit
also worth reading
5. NSF Internet computer virus update, copyright CCNEWS
Topic: unix.nsfupdate
To retrieve send mail to <
[email protected]> of the form:
request: virus
topic: unix.mit
where the topic is given above, one or more topic lines can be included.
The server also holds a reasonably complete set of anti-viral software
and backissues of virus-l. The materials include all programs and
utilities available from RPICICGE, LEHIIBM1, SCFVM, INFO-MAC and
INFO-APPLE archives.
For a general index send:
request: index
topic: index
for materials specific to anti-viral measures send:
request: virus
topic: index
Cheers.
Dave Ferbrache Personal mail to:
Dept of computer science Internet <
[email protected]>
Heriot-Watt University Janet <
[email protected]>
79 Grassmarket UUCP ..!mcvax!hwcs!davidf
Edinburgh,UK. EH1 2HJ Tel (UK) 031-225-6465 ext 553
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 89 04:35:21 EDT
From: David Wind <
[email protected]>
Subject: nVIR removal (Mac)
Is there a Macintosh application available on Bitnet that will
remove the nVIR virus from a Macintosh application without destroying
the infected application? (If so, how could I get a copy of it?)
D. WIND
347RNSD@CMUVM
Acknowledge-To: <347RNSD@CMUVM>
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1989 11:00:57 EDT
From: James Paterson <
[email protected]>
Subject: Debrain.. (PC)
Hello...University of Guelph just discovered brain in one of our micro
clusters, and I was looking for Debrain, or any other anti-viral
programmes. I seem to recall that there was some stored away on an
EDU node, but I am not sure. Can anyone tell me where I could obtain
a copy of debrain, etc??
Thanks in Advance..
James Paterson
Student Consultant, University of Guelph
NetNorth: ACDJAMES@UOGUELPH
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Old soldiers never die. Young ones do.
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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 89 21:54 CST
From: "Paul Duckenfield (x5107)" <
[email protected]>
Subject: virus conference
I would like to get some information on the upcoming virus conference,
or if I have missed it, where I can pick up information from the
conference.
Paul Duckenfield
[email protected]
[Ed. Give the Computer Security Institute a call at (508)-393-2600.]
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 89 13:34:06 -0900
From: Chris Hartman <
[email protected]>
Subject: Why write a virus?
I know this was discussed about a month ago, but it was only
touched upon very briefly. I would like to know everybody's opinion
on what reasons people have for writing and releasing viruses. I am
expecially concerned with those that are not for revenge or other
personal reasons. Please send your replies to FSCMH1@ALASKA and in a
week or so I will post the results on the list.
T.I.A.
-Chris Hartman
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