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 BBS: The Ashton-Tate Technical Support BBS
Date: 08-14-91 (08:37)             Number: 305037
From: SYSOP                        Refer#: NONE
  To: ** ALL **                     Recvd: NO
Subj: Another Trojan!                Conf: (4) bullets
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 Date: 08-08-91 (09:28)  Number: 2470          Sound of Music BBS
  To: ALL               Refer#: NONE
 From: BOB LANCASTER     Read: YES
 Subj: Trojan alert! OPTIMUM.ZIP    Conf: (51) Virus
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 ======== TROJAN ALERT === TROJAN ALERT === TROJAN ALERT ========

Be on the lookout for a new Trojan (and possibly virus) which is
 making its way around the boards.

Uploaded to my board as OPTIMUM.ZIP by new user MARK KIM (invalid
 phone numbers of course), the file purports to be a virus/trojan
 scanner.  But when run, the program creates dozens of garbage
 subdirectories (with names such as MHDG_ASDE) filled with similarly
 named files.  The files contain the words "hahaha".

It may do more damage than this, but the one of my users who was
 unfortunate enough to run this turkey killed it before it ran to
 completion.

Reading the .DOC file would tip off most users, as it is full of
 typos, spelling errors, and obviously bogus information. A quote:

  "This is a revolutionary method pattened into the year 200x."

Using CHK4BOMB to scan the .EXE file for strings shows such
 pleasantries as:

  "MacAfee Can't/Won't do sh*t for you this time (hehehe)"

Looks like someone's mommy needs to take away their computer
 privileges...

Please repost this warning to all BBSs that you frequent.

Bob Lancaster
 Co-Sysop, MicroLink PCUG BBS


Be aware, they're out there!

DMcNeill (Sysop)