Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!vsi1!altnet!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!sirius From: sirius@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Vampire Virus Message-ID: <9282@cup.portal.com> Date: 20 Sep 88 00:13:36 GMT References: <3157@sdsu.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 17 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.4944 In article <3157@sdsu.UUCP> lindwall@sdsu.UUCP (John Lindwall) writes: >Lo and behold I got a Requester from VirusX 2.0 which >tells me that the disk is infected with the SCA virus! I would like advice >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 >my first encounter with a virus and so I need some help. I just got the same program, and after reading your note, took a look at the boot block. I checked it with VirusX (1.71) and it told me the same thing. But when you take a look at the boot block, it isn't a virus, it's just a custom boot block that VirusX _THINKS_ is the SCA virus. (Just to check that it WAS just a custom boot block, I loaded it, rebooted, and gave it a disk to infect, and it didn't. So I don't think there's anything to worry about.. Mike Stilson sirius@cup.portal.com