SUMMARY: Virus on DOS Disketts

From: Juergen Flosbach (flosbach@vsun04.ag01.Kodak.com)
Date: Fri Aug 26 1994 - 06:28:13 CDT


Hallo Managers

My original question was

> Hi Managers
>
> Hardware : Sun SPARC IPC
> SW : SunOS 4.1.3 + OW 3.0
> Patches : NO
>
> Some of my colegues have found a virus on some preformatted 3.5" Disketts we
> are using here in our firm.
>
> It's a bootvirus called "parity check".
>
> Is there anywhere a tfp site with a virus checker, that is freeware or publik
> domain, that will run on my mashine.
>

I'f got many replies

1) Use this or that product for scanning floppies
2) What brand diskett's the virus is on ??
3) This is not the right forum for DOS related questins

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1) I shell use the antivirus program from MacAfee

        mcafee.com (192.187.128.1) : /pub/antivirus

2) Our Research lab found the virus

        VirusType : Bootvirus
        VirusName : parity check
        DiskettBrand : Sentinel
        
        Diskett type : 3.5" DOS-Disketts, HD, Preformatted

        Our ResGuis told me they have found the virus on some not an all
        disk's and that the standard virus checker under DOS 6.2 can not
        detect this virus.

3) One gui posted me that sun-managers isn't the right place for DOS
        related questions.

        That's right and sorry for that.

Juergen Flosbach

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