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- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Proto-T (Was Re: PKZip 3.05 VIRUS LETTER FROM LAST FALL)
- Message-ID: <188@complex.complex.is>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 08:12:32 GMT
- References: <1993Jan5.234132.23313@cis.ohio-state.edu> <1993Jan6.012200.14430@a.cs.okstate.edu>
- Organization: Frisk Software International, Iceland
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- worley@a.cs.okstate.edu (WORLEY LAWRENCE JA) writes:
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- > I have received several requests for me to post this. It is a copy of
- >some e-mail I received on approximately 10-15-92. I circulated a few copies
- >around at the time, and most people regarded it as a hoax.
-
- It is. There is a virus called Proto-T, but it is just a variant of the
- Civil War II virus, and was detected as such (at least by some anti-virus
- programs such as my own F-PROT) when it was discovered. The virus found in
- some hacked versions of PkZip is a different one - totally unrelated.
-
- There is nothing at all remarkable about this virus, and the author of the
- original posting is either trying to spread disinformation or just simply
- does not know the slightest thing about viruses.
-
- This is just one of the 1500+ viruses that are not likely to affect anybody.
-
- There have been rumours recently of other viruses named Proto-T, but as far
- as I can see there is nothing at all to worry about.
-
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- Fridrik Skulason Frisk Software International phone: +354-1-694749
- Author of F-PROT E-mail: frisk@complex.is fax: +354-1-28801
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