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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT in New Zealand (Auckland)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.234310.11845@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- From: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 23:43:10 GMT
- Sender: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
- References: <1992Aug24.091802.10305@waikato.ac.nz>
- Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
- Lines: 33
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- pdenize@waikato.ac.nz writes:
-
- >Sorry guys,
-
- >Last night I discovered a virus in New Zealand. So as not to pat the
- >twerp who wrote this virus I will give a small check so that many of us can see
- >if we and even our colleagues in clubs are free of this nasty.
-
- >It disguises itself as a Sprite file called Icon and is really a BASIC file.
-
- <Sigh> That's been around in New Zealand for at least a year, I'm afraid...
- Just consider yourself lucky to have only just got it.
-
- >Search your disks, if you find "Icon" then do the following avoid running new
- >applications. This is how it moves. Delete all the "Icon" files (keeping
- >track of the places you delete it from). When you think you have them all
-
- The best method of innoculation agains "Icon" is to save a file into
- each application directory called "Icon". (I use a text file that says
- "Innoculation against Icon virus"). Every app. on my 10MB HDD has such a file,
- and Icon is no longer a problem.
-
- >reset your machine (CTRL RESET) then check again, if you find another then
- >repeat the process. When you have them all you may be getting warnings like
- >File Icon not found. This is because you have crippled the virus. Now edit
- >the !Boot files and delete the lines
-
- Also, if you run Acorn's VProtect module, it detects any attempt by Icon
- to even start up.
- --
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