VIRUS-L Digest Wednesday, 12 Apr 1989 Volume 2 : Issue 86 Today's Topics: (c) Brain killers wanted (PC) Worm reports for BITNET subscribers nVIR removal (Mac) Debrain.. (PC) virus conference Why write a virus? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 89 03:05:49 ECT From: Ken Hoover Subject: (c) Brain killers wanted (PC) We've been fighting what appears to be a winning battle against the (c) Brain variant of the Brain virus here at SUNY-Binghamton for the last couple of weeks. Having just finished removing the little buggers from a few of our disks (marked as suspicious because the write protect tabs we put on them were gone), I am wondering if any of the boot sector-restoring programs for the PC would be effective against this virus. Is wiping the boot sector effective against this one? Ken Hoover UG Consultant, SUNY-Binghamton Computer Center. Binghamton, NY, USA. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 89 09:05:50 BST From: David.J.Ferbrache Subject: Worm reports for BITNET subscribers The full set of reports on the Internet worm is available from the Heriot-Watt info-server at . Please only request if you are a bitnet site in the US or Europe who can not obtain these reports from other mail based archive servers. 1. A tour of the worm, Donn Seeley, Dept of computer science, University of Utah. Nroff me macros Topic: unix.utah 2. A report on the internet worm, Bob Page, Dept of computer science, University of Lowell. Plaintext Topic: unix.page 3. The internet worm program: an analysis, Eugene Spafford, Dept of computer science, Purdue University. Postscript Topic: unix.worm 4. With Microscope and Tweezers, an analysis of the internet virus of Nov 1988, Mark Eichin and Jon Rochlis, MIT. Postscript Topic: unix.mit also worth reading 5. NSF Internet computer virus update, copyright CCNEWS Topic: unix.nsfupdate To retrieve send mail to of the form: request: virus topic: unix.mit where the topic is given above, one or more topic lines can be included. The server also holds a reasonably complete set of anti-viral software and backissues of virus-l. The materials include all programs and utilities available from RPICICGE, LEHIIBM1, SCFVM, INFO-MAC and INFO-APPLE archives. For a general index send: request: index topic: index for materials specific to anti-viral measures send: request: virus topic: index Cheers. Dave Ferbrache Personal mail to: Dept of computer science Internet Heriot-Watt University Janet 79 Grassmarket UUCP ..!mcvax!hwcs!davidf Edinburgh,UK. EH1 2HJ Tel (UK) 031-225-6465 ext 553 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 89 04:35:21 EDT From: David Wind <347RNSD@CMUVM.BITNET> Subject: nVIR removal (Mac) Is there a Macintosh application available on Bitnet that will remove the nVIR virus from a Macintosh application without destroying the infected application? (If so, how could I get a copy of it?) D. WIND 347RNSD@CMUVM Acknowledge-To: <347RNSD@CMUVM> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1989 11:00:57 EDT From: James Paterson Subject: Debrain.. (PC) Hello...University of Guelph just discovered brain in one of our micro clusters, and I was looking for Debrain, or any other anti-viral programmes. I seem to recall that there was some stored away on an .EDU node, but I am not sure. Can anyone tell me where I could obtain a copy of debrain, etc?? Thanks in Advance.. James Paterson Student Consultant, University of Guelph NetNorth: ACDJAMES@UOGUELPH ------------------------------- Old soldiers never die. Young ones do. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Apr 89 21:54 CST From: "Paul Duckenfield (x5107)" Subject: virus conference I would like to get some information on the upcoming virus conference, or if I have missed it, where I can pick up information from the conference. Paul Duckenfield Duckenfieldp@carleton.edu [Ed. Give the Computer Security Institute a call at (508)-393-2600.] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 89 13:34:06 -0900 From: Chris Hartman Subject: Why write a virus? I know this was discussed about a month ago, but it was only touched upon very briefly. I would like to know everybody's opinion on what reasons people have for writing and releasing viruses. I am expecially concerned with those that are not for revenge or other personal reasons. Please send your replies to FSCMH1@ALASKA and in a week or so I will post the results on the list. T.I.A. -Chris Hartman ------------------------------ End of VIRUS-L Digest ********************* Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253