Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!davidg
From: davidg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (David Guntner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Vampire Virus
Message-ID: <5563@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 18 Sep 88 18:26:28 GMT
References: <3157@sdsu.UUCP>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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From article <3157@sdsu.UUCP>, by lindwall@sdsu.UUCP (John Lindwall):
> on what I should do about this virus.  I suspect that the game has a custom
> boot-block and so I did not have VirusX overwrite the boot-block.  This is

The best way to find out if a game has a custom boot block is to boot it, virus
and all (Warning, Will Robinson:  Make sure you turn off the computer afterwords
so that you clear the virus from memory (a side note: VirusX will clear it from
memory for you)).  If the first thing you see during the booting of the disk
is the good ol' AmigaDOS screen, then it is not using a custom boot block and
you safely have VirusX fix it.  
                        --Dave

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        David Guntner  UUCP: {ames, mit-eddie}!killer!davidg
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