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- From: tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Virus Advice needed
- Message-ID: <qZPJwB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 08:29:25 CST
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- Organization: TCS Consulting Services
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- vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
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- > Regarding that infection by the Stobned virus of your friend's
- > computer, DON'T PANIC!
- >
- > The Stoned does not infect files. It does not delete files. It does
- > not erase hard disks. It only infects one specific peortion of a hard
- > disk or diskette: the Partition Table (hard drive) or the Boot Sector
- > (diskettes). NOTHING ELSE.
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- There are some variations to the stoned virus that do more, I believe.
- If he gets cleaned fairly quick, it shouldn't matter that much. Look
- for a file called VSUMX???.zip (or arj or whatever). It is hyper text
- of viruses that you can look up infomration about the stoned virus.
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