VIRUS-L Digest Sunday, 19 Feb 1989 Volume 2 : Issue 51 Today's Topics: MIT's report on the Internet worm (11/88) available Mac INIT 10 - a problem? New anti-virus group: CoTRA Flu_Shot 1.51 now available --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 17 Feb 89 10:00:00 EDT From: "HILL" Subject: MIT's report on the Internet worm (11/88) available The MIT report on last November's Internet worm is available for anonymous FTP from pine.circa.ufl.edu (128.227.128.55). If you are on SURANET this will probably be faster than other sites. Les CIRCA, University of Florida Internet: vishnu@pine.circa.ufl.edu BITNET: vishnu@ufpine [Ed. Thanks, these files are also available on lll-winken.llnl.gov.] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Feb 89 17:31:54 EST From: engnbsc@buacca.BITNET Subject: Mac INIT 10 - a problem? I'm forwarding this for someone who doesn't subscribe to the list: Please reply directly to him at: engnuyu@buacca.bitnet / engnuyu@buacca.bu.edu - --- Forwarded Message Follows: Virus Rx is picking up INIT 10s. It says that there is "no known problem", and most of these are INITs (superclock among others). Is this a problem? Should I worry? Stephan Cavarra, engnuyu@buacca.bu.edu / engnuyu@buacca.bitnet - --- End Included Message. ------------------------------ Date: 18-FEB-1989 15:23:40 GMT From: BROWNJS@VAXB.ASTON.AC.UK Subject: New anti-virus group: CoTRA The latest issue of New Scientist (Vol 121, No 1652) contains a news article entitled 'Virus vigilantes' reporting on the formation of a new group of software companies and users, called the Computer Threat Research Association (CoTRA). This group intends to "research, analyse, publicise and find solutions to threats to the integrity and reliability of computer systems". The group is to be based initially in Britain, but hopes to build links with Europe and the rest of the world. Can anybody out there expand on this? - -- Jason -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jason Brown JANET : brownjs@uk.ac.aston.vaxb | | Internet/ARPAnet: brownjs%vaxb.aston.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu| | BITNET/EARN : brownjs@vaxb.aston.ac.uk | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Feb 89 14:57 EST From: Subject: Flu_Shot 1.51 now available Flu_Shot + ver 1.51 is now available from RAMNET BBS. I got my copy in the mail because I was a registered user of FSP+ 1.4. FSP+ v1.51 (and v1.5) doesn't do the CMOS check any more hence that sometimes annoying message "CMOS has changed" doesn't pop up from time to time. It also has a -W command line option which prevents it from triggering every time a file is opened with write access. It still protects files from being written to however! According to the update posted int the FSP_151 archive some *NASTY* bugs in v 1.4 and earlier have been fixed, so v1.4 users please take note. I also tested v1.51 for the"print.com-TSR" problem reported in an earlier issue of this digest. As long as you register print.com as a TSR with the T option in the FSP.DAT file, FSP+ 1.51 *DOES NOT* flag print.com as an UNAUTHORIZED TSR. (I think the message was referring to v 1.5 which I have *NOT* tested. Also, print.com does TSR after it has initially been loaded into memory) Mathew Mathai | I don't work for RAMNET or Ross Greenberg ... BITNET: MATHAIMT@VTCC1 | but I whole heartedly support his efforts | to rid this world of virus writing SLIME ! ------------------------------ End of VIRUS-L Digest ********************* Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253