ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ> Viral Mania... Is it all it's cracked up to be :

    I have been disgusted lately at the number of boards posting out
 300 Virii, 350+ Virii, etc... Well people, I'm sorry to burst your
 bubble, but you might not like what I have to say in this article.

    First of all, I want to say that I have nothing against the
 SysOp's who post those messages. It's just that we were all misslead,
 and I also want to say that I have tracked the source of these so
 called Virii and have found most of them to have come from Nightmare
 on Elm Street BBS. A BBS in the 514 area claiming to be the Hacking
 Factory of Montreal. The World Head-Quarters of HiF. A group lead
 by Dream Warrior and Dream Master. I have a feeling these guys were
 renaming everything they could find into Virii. Anyways, enough
 ragging.
    I have studied very closely all of these 350+ virii that have
 been circulating, and have found only 60 to be real virii. Look
 carefully at what follows:

 Text Files: Some of these so called Virii are normal text files, either
             from Anarchy groups, Hack/Phreak groups, and so on.. Some
             examples are:

                          - BIG1-2: Ordinary Anarchy Texts
                          - ANE9  : Anarchy 'n' Explosives #9
                          - BRAIN : How to Brainwash people... ( Go Figure! )

 ANSI Bombs: Some of these so called virii are just plain ANSI Bombs.
             the first exeample that comes to mind is HAWAII. Win a free
             trip to Hawaii!
 Trojans: Most of these so-called Virii are plain trojans. Some examples are:

                          - GENTORPP:  FiS Genesis Torpedo trojan
                          - BACKFIND:  WWIV BackDoor Finder
                          - FAT     :  RABID Fat Fucker

 Nothing at all!: A few of these so-called Virii are nothing at all, or
                  Trojans that don't work, etc... Some examples are:

                          - CASTLE :  Simple AD&D Style game
                          - BOXFIX :  4D Boxing Cheat
                          - BAT2EXE:  Fucked-Up Trojan. I think.

    So, I hope this little article will help you choose your virii, and
 if ever you want to make sure if your file REALLY is a virus, check
 it out yourselves, or contact your [NuKE] Representative nearest you!













 The DarkMan, [NuKE] President