40hEX vOLUME 1 iSSUE 2 0002 the safe way to experiment with viruses tHE PROBLEM WITH FOOLING AROUND WITH VIRUSES IS THAT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT DAMAGE THERE GOING TO DO TO YOUR HARD DISK. i HAVE A COUPLE OF SO CALLED VIRUSES THAT WHEN RUN, AUTOMATICALLY SCREW UP THE fat ON ALL THE DISKS IN THE SYSTEM. wELL, THERES A WAY AROUND GETTING THE SHAFT FROM THESE PROGRAMS, AND ALSO TO EXPERIMENT WITH LEGITAMENT VIRUSES. tHE KEY IS THE dos UTITLITY subst, MAKE THIS BATCH FILE, AND COPY IT TO A FLOPPY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @ECHO OFF SUBST D: A:\ SUBST C: A:\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ wHAT THIS WILL DO IS SEND ANY ACCESS TO DISKS c: AND d: (THE TWO HARD DISKS IN MY CASE) TO DRIVE a: sO THE ONLY DAMAGE INFLICTED WILL BE TO THE FLOPPY IN a: nO PROGRAMS CAN ACCESS YOU HARD DISK WHEN THIS COMMAND IS ISSUED. i USE IT ALL THE TIME AND AS OF NOW IT HAS PROVED 100% SAFE. oH YEAH, IF YOU DONT FEEL LIKE DISTROYING A FLOPPY EVERY TIME YOU MESS WITH A VIRUS, YOU CAN DO THIS TEQNIQUE FROM A ram DISK. hAVE FUN... hr Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253