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- The Shasby Virus (c) Mark Shasby, 8th June 1989
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- This is a revolutionary new type of virus, it is fully supported via
- a BBS hotline run by the author! There are no antidotes at present
- although as with other virii it shouldn't be long before some highly
- technically minded hacker comes up with one. This virus is unique
- in that it is completely manual and is therefore ideal for the
- beginner, no need to alter COMMAND.COM or fiddle with the disk's
- FAT, simply follow the instructions.
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- What is Shareware?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This program is distributed under the "shareware" ideals, this means
- that you are invited to pass it on to as many people as you like,
- using any means you like. The downside is that you are only
- intended to use it for as long as it takes to test it properly, as
- soon as you find it useful you are expected to register it with the
- author and donate as much as you think it's worth. Registration
- allows access to the "HotLine" technical support department on the
- author's own BBS, details of which are supplied below.
-
- Instructions
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 1) Check calendar, see if today is a Friday 13th, if so proceed to
- step 2, otherwise proceed to step 4.
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- 2) Type "FORMAT C:" then press ENTER. (don't type the quotes)
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- 3) When the system asks you if you want to erase ALL the files on
- your hard disk, reply "Y" and press ENTER. (again don't type
- the quotes)
-
- At this stage the virus has completed it's work and you don't
- have to bother following these instructions any more. Thanks
- for your time, if you liked it, please send contributions to the
- author, details below.
-
- 4) Please leave a reminder somewhere so that you remember to go
- through these instructions again tomorrow.
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- Known Bugs
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- There is one known bug at present, this is that it is theoretically
- possible that a Friday 13th could occur on a holiday or something
- when you are not able to get to your PC. This has to be accepted as
- an unavoidable consequence of any manual virus.
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- Registration and Support
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- If you have any problems, please call the author's BBS...
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- BBS Name: Shasby's Lair
- SysOp: Mark Shasby
- Phone: +44 772 561066
- Software: GT Power
- Modem: Miracom Courier HST
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- ...or mail the author on GTNet 050/007 or FidoNet 253/199.
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