----- Original Message ----- From: "rudy" > and why would you need to virus scan reputable software?
Because there have been occasions when very reputable software has been released on official CD and found to have been sent out with a virus infection. Ok, I don't recall this having happened very recently, but that just means it's overdue to happen again! Here are some Googled examples from a few years back: "A Japanese-language version of a Sega Dreamcast role-playing game has become infected with a computer virus. The game, Atelier Marie, includes a screensaver which is infected with the highly damaging Kriz virus. Although the Dreamcast itself is left unscathed by this, anyone loading the screensaver onto their PC from the game's CD-ROM will be in for an unpleasant surprise, when the virus activates on Christmas Day." (The Reguster, 2001) "A red-faced Corel has confirmed that a number of its recently released CorelDRAW 8.0 for Macintosh CD-ROMs also contained a virus." (1998) "We have received notice from the UK publication "Virus Bulletin" and a number of independent reports that the UK publication "PC Gamer" included a cover CD with files infected by the Win95/Marburg virus....The "smackplw.exe" infected file will get executed if you watch any of the movies on the CD " (1998) "The free Vellum 3D version 3.0 CD-ROM contains the Macintosh MBDF virus. ...Anyone running the Macintosh demo program who does not have a resident antivirus scanner will be infected with the virus." (CIAC, 1997) "We have come across another Microsoft CD ROM containing Concept, a MSWord macro virus. The CD ROM is called "The Microsoft Office 95 and Windows 95 Business Guide". (S&S, 1995) "In 1995, the first Word macro virus -- now called Concept -- was massively distributed by Microsoft on a CD-ROM called Microsoft Windows 95 Software Compatibility Test. The shipment went to hundreds of companies in August 1995. [1] Microsoft helpfully refused to acknowledge the severity of the problem for a few weeks. When it finally did, it named the virus "Prank" as spin control. Partly as a consequence of this release and another around the same time in which 5,500 more infected CD-ROMs were distributed by a different company generating support software for Microsoft Windows NT, the Concept virus is now very common "in the wild." Much more recently, Microsoft has distributed a word macro virus known as "Wazzu" multiple times. In September of last year, an edition of Microsoft's The Microsoft SPCD [Solution Provider CD] was distributed containing a Wazzu virus infected document. The CD was distributed to all Microsoft Solution Providers...One month later, Microsoft distributed Wazzu again, this time in Switzerland at ORBIT, an information technology exhibition. This sample of Wazzu was carried on a CD-ROM called "Letz Fetz on the Netz" and was in a document containing hot-line phone numbers for Microsoft Germany. Although Microsoft officials were informed of the contamination, the CD was distributed anyway. The Wazzu infected document was also downloadable from Microsoft's Swiss Website for a period of five days." (1997) ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
