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- From: bill.lambdin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Bill Lambdin)
- Newsgroups: comp.virus
- Subject: Info on Music Bug virus (PC)
- Message-ID: <0003.9301062041.AA14693@barnabas.cert.org>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 00:40:00 GMT
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- Quoting from Scott Jeffrey B to All About Info on Music Bug virus ( on
- 12-09-92
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- SJ> My 286 clone was recently infected with the 'Music Bug' virus.
- SJ> Every time something was read from the hard disk, it played
- SJ> a random tune. Didn't seem to be harmful - just annoying as hell.
-
- The Music Bug virus isn't generally destructive, but the FAT table
- structure on hard drives gives some weird effects occasionally.
-
- SJ> I'm just curious. Does anyone know exactly what this virus does?
- SJ> Is it harmful? Might I still have problems in the future as a result
- SJ> of this virus?
-
- Like all boot sector viruses. if you didn't scan every diskette in the
- building, the virus will probably come back sooner or later.
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- I have heard that Music Bug waits four months before the musical effects
- start.
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- The tune is usually 36 notes long.
-
- Bill
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