"day brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 21:15:55 +0000, PAUL PAVLIK wrote:
> > on my P166 /Win 95.... (with Norton's Anti-Virus too) i got the Stoned
> > Monkey Virus.
> Yet another clue as to why I dont use windoz. Microsoft's unethical
> business tactis have made it a lotta enemies, who are now striking back
> with a continuous barrage of sabotage software. The operating system
> and applications are so bloated that virus scanners cannot deal with it.
Uh, if this is Stoned.Monkey, it goes back to '92 and is a DOS MBR virus.
Nothing Windows-specific about it, and I suspect ANY DOS version would be
vulnerable if not protected, Microsoft or not.
> > Now, the computer store says that they cannot do not know how
> > to recover the drive.
>
> Those who really understand computers dont work in computer stores.
> Those who do, make so much money they sometimes buy computer stores.
Well, everyone's entitled to one bad investment I suppose. :)
Stoned.monkey can be cleaned pretty easily:
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=806&; (among many others).
> [...] You cant infect a text file with a virus because
> text files are not 'executed' but merely displayed and/or modified by
> your editor or spreadsheet software. One of the glories of ASCII
Yes, but that doesn't mean ASCII files are immune to the effects of a virus.
Try using data written when Ripper is resident in memory and you end up with
quite a mess.
> Graphic images, jpg & gif are safe as well; the viewer app only puts
> them on the screen, and they have no instructions to write to a drive,
> which is what a virus does.
Ditto. If the system is infected, they can be corrupted.
> All it takes to install a HD is a phillips screwdriver and the balls
> to open the case. and maybe the room inside to install it. if you
> already have a cd rom and a zip drive and a floppy drive...
And a compatible system, interface, case, cables, BIOS, jumper settings and
software...
- Bob
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