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From: Chad_The-Walrus_Netzer@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ByteBandit hates FAST Mem
Message-ID: <5301@cup.portal.com>
Date: 11 May 88 02:49:40 GMT
References: <5209@cup.portal.com> <5917@well.UUCP>
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In article <5917@well.UUCP>  (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>In article <5209@cup.portal.com> Chad_The-Walrus_Netzer@cup.portal.com writes:
>>I have the "ByteBandit" virus (which I got for the purpose of
>>testing), and it won't work on my machine with the FAST memory enabled. 
>>(gives a GURU #4, at address 1902 immediately upon booting the disk). 
>
>	Call the Byte Bandit and ask for an upgrade.		:-) :-)
>
>	Seriously, does anyone else find this as hysterical as I do?
>"I can't infect my machine with a virus; can anyone help?"	:-) :-)

(Disclaimer:  The following text does not mean I don't take virus'es
seriously, or that they aren't a problem, etc.)

	Yeah, I laughed at this too.  I spent a large amount of time
trying to get a WORKING BB virus, and they all seemed to have the same
problem. (Wouldn't boot.)  Finally, I sort of half-thought "Maybe if I
reboot with 'NoFast', to disable the Fast memory..."  And Lo and behold,
that damn thing worked fine.
	What an IDIOT programmer, who can't even write a virus that works
with Fast mem.  (It probably won't work on 68010 machines, either.)  :-)
	Mr. Byte Bandi(r)t is a Fubar, no DOUBT about it.

	At least it means that a lot of us can relax a little and
(APPARENTLY) not worry about this SOB virus.
	But let us keep in mind that even with this stupid bug, I got a
disk with 508 (!!) generations of the virus on it, so it is STILL very
potent...  'Nuff said for today.
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				Chad 'The_Walrus' Netzer -> AmigaManiac++

"Bols Ewhac tums kile 'Tony M. Nyphot's Flying Risccu'"... os od I, BTW!