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- Date: Sat, 22 Dec 90 00:25:51 -0800
- From: ozonebbs!aryehg@apple.com (Aryeh Goretsky)
- Subject: Zmodem infected with Violator (PC)
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- 1. Christmas Violator Virus (PC)
- 2. New BBS line
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- CHRISTMAS VIOLATOR VIRUS
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- There has been a hacked version of Omen Technology's DSZ ZMODEM
- External File Protocol Module called DSZ1203.ZIP. The DSZ file
- inside is infected with a new variant of the Violator virus known as
- the Christmas Violator or Violator-B4 virus. The virus contains a
- an ASCII message from a group called RABID and contains a Christmas
- Greeting. It is not known what else the virus does.
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- The following search string can be used by VIRUSCAN with the /EXT
- switch to check for the virus:
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- "51 ba ? ? fc 8b f2 81 c6 9b 11 bf 00 01 b9 03 00" Christmas
- Violator
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- If you find this virus on your system, run VIRUSCAN with the /D
- option to delete the infected files.
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- Regards,
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- Aryeh Goretsky
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