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This is a simple utility that will install the Joshi Virus to
a 360K floppy disk. No other disk type is recommended, as
damage to any data on that disk will most likely result. This
utility is prompt-driven. You answer a couple of questions,
and verify that you want to infect a disk, then it does it.
It's that simple.
Warning: This program has only been tested for use on
MS-DOS 3.3 Disks. If you choose to use this on another
version of DOS, you may find that the resulting disk won't
successfully boot the virus. I doubt this will be the case, but
since it hasn't been tested on other versions, who really knows?
Also: You should get a recent and reputable virus scanner capable
of detecting Joshi and removing it, BEFORE you run this utility.
If things were to get out of hand later, you'd be prepared. It's
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to see to it that you control your experiments
within the confines of your own machine, on well-marked, and
frequently SCANned disks.
Also, this program is to be distributed by the author only. You
were granted a copy by me, as a restricted user of the program.
Do not copy this file for anyone else. This would be VERY
irresponsible, and quite dangerous if given to an untrustworthy
person with other motives in mind than simple experimentation on
his/her *own* machine. If you do decide to distribute this
program to some other person, you jeopardize my trust in you.
This assures you that I WILL NOT be so trusting (and naive) to
give you future versions of this program with other viruses to
experiment with. Respect these requests, and I will be much more
likely to contact you with future/new improved releases for *your
personal* experimentation.
Note: The author/programmer has no connection with the original
authorship of the Joshi Virus. I also DO NOT condone the intentional
or unintentional spreading of any virus to machines which are not
your own. This is vandalism, and is illegal, as well as immoral.
The only reason you have access to this program is because you are
trusted by the author, and you have Requested a copy of it for your
own experimentation.
Finally, this virus is a hard disk Master Boot Record/Partition Table
Infector, as well as a floppy boot sector infector. It is known to
cause problems with any High Density Floppy disks that it is allowed
to infect. It also has some interesting Stealth Capabilities which
make it especially fun to study. But BE CAREFUL with it. Once you
infect a FLOPPY with my utility, that floppy WILL infect a hard
disk the next time you boot-up from that floppy. Most hard disks
will show no apparent signs of infection either. That's why you
need a Recent and Reputable Scanner which you should use frequently!
Thanks,
Mage