Dir.Byway Virus (NewsClip)
David R. Conrad
ab411 at detroit.freenet.org
Wed Aug 9 05:37:43 PDT 1995
> Subject: Dir.Byway Virus (NewsClip)
> From: anonymous-remailer at shell.portal.com (unknown)
> To: cypherpunks at toad.com
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You misspelled VIRUS-L at lehigh.edu
> Burlington, Mass. Aug. 7 -- A new, hazardous computer virus is
A news story, with all *that* entails.
> virus, dubbed "Dir.Byway," is described as a super-fast,
> polymorphic infector affecting desktops, notebooks, and even
> computer networks.
So it's a polymorphic fast infector that attacks EXE and COM files.
So what's new? File infectors are never as successful as boot sector
infectors, anyhow.
> Dir.Byway triggers if the current DOS date is set to the year
> 1996 or above, and the day of the month is equal to the
> month's number multiplied by two and two is added, like in
> 01-14-96 or 12-26-96.
The first date should obviously be 01-04-96, based on the description
given. Do you trust someone who can't multiply and add to correctly
report on something technical, like computer viruses?
--
David R. Conrad, ab411 at detroit.freenet.org, http://web.grfn.org/~conrad/
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