4.0792 Rs: Yankee Doodle Virus (2/31)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 2 Dec 90 23:46:12 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0792. Sunday, 2 Dec 1990.
(1) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 90 24:37:00 EST (14 lines)
From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu
Subject: Yankee Doodle
(2) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 90 23:03:47 AST (17 lines)
From: RHIN000 <RHINE@UNB.CA>
Subject: Yankee Doodle virus
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 90 24:37:00 EST
From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu
Subject: Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle is a common virus in the U.S. It can be very persistent
once it infects a network. Any decent anti-viral program (McAfee's set
of programs or F-PROT) will remove it. According to Fridrik Skulason,
creator of F-PROT, the virus was created in Bulgaria. According to
another source, it was created in Bulgaria or Austria. If you are
having virus problems, you might consider joining
VIRUS-L@IBM1.CC.Lehigh.EDU.
MKessler@HUM.SFSU.EDU
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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 90 23:03:47 AST
From: RHIN000 <RHINE@UNB.CA>
Subject: Yankee Doodle virus
Re: request from C.S. Hunter for help with Soviet virus
named Yankee Doodle.
I picked up a programme called VIRSCAN in Moscow last June from a
computer friend. He said it was for testing to see if a virus was
residing in one's computer system. I have not yet tried it out. Might
it be of any use in locating and eliminating (exorcising) Yankee Doodle?
(For all I know in this Kavkaesque world, my programme may contain that
or another virus - which is why I have been reluctant to try it out.)
--Tony Rhinelander, Russian&Georgian Historian,
St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 5G3
RHINE@UNB.CA