Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!usc!srhqla!quad1!ttidca!woodside From: woodside@ttidca.TTI.COM (George Woodside) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Virus on Wordup v2.0 Disks Message-ID: <6621@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 3 Oct 89 11:05:16 GMT References: <6583@ttidca.TTI.COM> <1097@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> Reply-To: woodside@ttidcb.tti.com (George Woodside) Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica Lines: 20 In article <1097@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> rcd@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (rana.c.dutt) writes: ...[edited]... >Question: will this virus write to the boot sector on my hard disk as >well? If so, how can I detect it? (I noticed that Virus Killer only >checks and fixes floppy disks.) Thanks very much. No, the "KEY" virus will not touch a hard disk. It doesn't even know they exist. I'm busy re-writing Vkiller (from scratch) to enhance its capabilities, and add some hard disk facilities. It will be a while before it gets re-posted, but I'm working on it. So far, though, I have no information on any ST viruses which spread through, or attack, hard disks. If anyone has any information on viruses that Vkiller (2.20) doesn't recognize, or on any ST-oriented hard disk or link viruses, I would certainly appreciate hearing from them. -- *George R. Woodside - Citicorp/TTI - Santa Monica, CA *Path: ..!{philabs|csun|psivax}!ttidca!woodside