Re: Virus "zhengxi" in INTERNET!

On 26 Mar 96 9:59 , Daniel Carbajal bespoketh: > Hi friends. Be carefull with this: > > } A: Foro Tecnologia de la Informacion > } Informacion de interes. > } Tema: Virus "zhengxi" en INTERNET > } EL NACIONAL 03/01/96 says, one virus called "zhengxi" was found in > } Rusia by Eugene Kaspersky, of unknow origin, which threats the memory > } of all computers in Internet. > } The new virus can be a parasit program, atacking and writing its own > } code at the end or at the begining of the file where it is, infect the > } libraries of application programs and files. > } This virus is not recognized by present antivirus. > } "Zhengxi" has the capacity of be hidden surprisingly, has a double > } encrypted level, which looks to be clean when antivirus is running This smells of BS to me. Sounds a little like the "Good Times" virus to me. If it "threats the memory of all computers", why does it infect FILES? Sorry to follow up to the list, but I was wondering if anyone else can give me their feelings on this. I hate for untrue memes to be perpetuated.... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Sean LeBlanc - leblancs@tsagate.com Technical Services Associates, Inc. - www.tsagate.com "The Tech Support song", AKA "I'm Waiting for the Man": "He's never early, he's always late/ First thing you learn is that you always gotta wait."-Velvet Underground -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-