VIRUS-L Digest Friday, 20 Jan 1989 Volume 2 : Issue 19 Today's Topics: Re: Computer Virus Industry Association? Friday 13th virus in UK PDP Virus --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 89 14:58 GMT From: Danny Schwendener Subject: Re: Computer Virus Industry Association? You might check last year's Risks digests. The association was mentioned there, and not in a very good light. It seems that the owner of a software company specialized in virus-detecting tools created this association with the sole purpose of publicity. He claimed that its members held over 90% of the computer vaccine market, but was unable to sustain his claim when asked by a competitor (who was - of course - not member of the association). Danny Schwendener ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jan 89 00:10:38 est From: ubu!luken@lehi3b15.csee.lehigh.edu Subject: Friday 13th virus in UK I've heard various reports now on the purported Friday the 13th virus hitting the UK last week on Friday the 13th. Now I've been told that the Philadelphia Inquirer, a reputable newspaper on the East Coast, had an article on it in their Saturday (the 14th) newspaper. I didn't see the article, however. Does anyone have any more information on this? If so, I'm sure that many of us would be interested in hearing about it. The reports that I've heard make the virus sound an awful lot like the Israel virus of the same name. Ken ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jan 89 08:55:22 MEZ From: Thomas Heil Subject: PDP Virus Hello folks! I have a question concerning a possible virus I heard about. It's running on a PDP (as far as I know) and shows the following symptoms when it has installed itself: Sporadically the screen is cleared and the message "I AM HUNGRY" is displayed. The machine then waits for input. In order to get the machine running again one has to enter the word 'COOKIES'. If done so, everything returns to normal, otherwise the machine continues waiting for input. Are these symptoms known to anyone, and does a vaccine against it exist? Please respond directly to me as I'm not on this list. /T.H. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | Thomas Heil | BITNET: ZAT011@DJUKFA11.BITNET | | Kernforschungsanlage Juelich | | | Zentralabteilung Allgemeine | | | Technologie | | | D-5170 Juelich | Phone: +49 2461 61-6328 | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ ------------------------------ End of VIRUS-L Digest ********************* Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253