Re: figlet.exe Virus

1sp...@uvsc.edu (JEREMY H. SPROAT) writes:

>In article <5gf...@tonne.mayn.sub.de> cju...@tonne.mayn.sub.de (Chan-jo Jun) writes:
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>>> ***   FIGLET.EXE IS INFECTED WITH A COMPUTER VIRUS                 ***

>>Unfortunately it took me a little longer to find that out. My system had  
>>to crash a few times before I thought about searching for viruses. The  
>>damage was low - but does anyone know what this virus does except for  
>>halting my computer?

>>McAfee's Virus-Scanner recognized the Whisper-Tai-Pan-Virus and was able  
>>to successfully remove it. The Scanner that came with MS-DOS 6.2 is NOT  
>>able to disable the virus.

>What version of figlet is this?  2.0, 2.1?  From where did you get the 
>executable?  Was it posted to this newsgroup?

>>I think somebody owes us an apology!

>If this is a virus that came from my distribution of figlet, then I do issue 
>an apology even though I am not obligated to do so.  

>When I passed it out, I did give a warning that I suspected a virus though 
>none was detected by McAfee (nor NAV, nor Thunderbyte, nor FluShot) and I gave 
>an express warning that the receiver of my copy of figlet should be careful of 
>this, including scanning for virii.  If someone failed to heed this warning, 
>this is not my fault, though I am sorry for any time/data lost.  If some 
>miserable little d00d later infected it, go beat up on him/her.

>Perhaps I'm getting a little long-winded about this, but I have a conscience 
>to worry about.

>*sigh*  I need some text for my Game Boy sig.  :-,

>--
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> ||       ||  T A GAME...IT'S JUST A GAME...IT'S JUST A GAME...IT'S JUST A GAME
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> |',' '' '/|  'S JUST A GAME...IT'S JUST A GAME...IT'S JUST A GAME...IT'S JUST
> |_______/_/             Jeremy H. Sproat  internet:1sp...@uvsc.edu

I too got the TAIPAN virus from FIGLET. F-PROT says it does nothing but 
replicate itself. NOT so. It removed the registration code from my 
GIFLITE - that's how I discovered the problem. However, I experienced no
crashes. The virus copied itself twice to GIFLITE; McAfee removed only one.
I had to delete the file and vreplace it with a clean copy to eliminate the
"Whisperer presenterer Tai-pan" code.

Lee Huddleston

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