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- From: bill.lambdin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Bill Lambdin)
- Newsgroups: comp.virus
- Subject: Does anyone have info on DAME (PC)
- Message-ID: <0013.9301051858.AA13030@barnabas.cert.org>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 06:47:00 GMT
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- Quoting from Dave Mickle X5205 to All About Does anyone have info on on
- 12-20-92
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- DM> We've got a PC which is displaying a message to the effect it's
- DM> infected by the "DAME" virus. Don't know what symptoms there are in
- DM> addition to the message. We're going to do a low level format, but
- DM> would like to know what we've contracted.
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- I don't know of a DAME virus.
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- Did yje virus display that information, or did McAfee's Scan report this?
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- If this was reported by Scan, it found a a virus that uses the DAME
- (Dark Avenger Mutation Engine). The DAME also known as MtE is a
- routine that causes the virus to mutate.
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- Bill
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