Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, March 28, 1990, Page 19, Image 18

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writer ot i nns drier tin killer
programs
\i i ording to /’o/iu/dr sf i
mi r "Killling Tears" was first
(Iim overod in the Soviet 1 hiion
It nukes .ill the letters on .1
word processor sereen fall into
,1 pile Another virus <11 si o\
rrrd m lint.tin. replai ed u I1.1t
ever u.is on the si rrru u ith .in
imago of .1 I rout-loader washing
machine
These viruses illici t IBM I't s
and comp.itihles. hut the Mai
intosli has also been a popular
i vherpunk target, said Michael
Moore, an Apple i ompulei
sales representative
"There are a number ot \ 1
ruses a few nastv ones re
leased in the Mac intosli < om
immitv." Moore said, adding
that most area Mai intosli own
ers have contrai ted one at one
lime or another
Moore said most \ noses have
been tracked to their soon e be
i ause ( v herpunks "are so con
1 cited that tliev leave hints
about w ho tliev are 111 the pro
gram code
Mi Alice has published lists
naming viruses, then origin
and what tliev do A tew of
them, from I’opul.u Siinui'
are:
I ehigh " vvliii h originated
at l.ehigh l Tiiv ersitv in t'lM .'
affects IBM PCs and com
palihles It at ts quii klv and de
stroys all data
"Scores." from Kiectronii
1 tala Sv stems ot I lallas 111 l‘)B7
atlects Mai iutushes hv making
many copies ot itself slowing
them and causing printing
problems
nVir limn I lambing \\ es|
(iermam in 1(187 ntlects M.m
intoshes In erasing .ill tiles
M.niv v.irnations exist
Alameda trom Memt ( oi
lege in ()akland I lalilorma in
1(188, infer Is IBM l‘( s and
i ompalibles and destrm s all
data
"Israeli' or "l-'riday 1 llh
Irom I Inbrew I nivet sit\ . ]ei n
salem in 1*181" slows svslems
and erases programs when the
i omputer's ( alend.u reads I 11
(lav the l.itli
l \ berpunks are a threat to
am computer owner tint ven
dors like Itolkan and Moore are
parlicularK livid
' l lie worst tiling about vi
ruses is lh.it I hex cause people
to isolate their i ntnputers rath
ei than i (immunii ate w ilh
them Itiilkan said The\ ie
crippling computei use with
tear
Bolkan and Moore said the
remedy is to buy or get one of
the mam anti vims prugiams
on tin- matkel
Moore said Ins store sells a
i oninien i.il program tot sou • i:»
hut lie recoininellded Disinter,
taut by lohn Norstad ot North
western luiiversitv or N nils
K\ h\ Apple both ot whit b are
Ireeware (the programme) s
release them tree ot r hui
Mono- ot I lie ( . impute!
Stole at til U l-aghth .Un
said his store will give tree
copies to customers w ho In mg
in a lloppv disk
Itolkan said there are so
mam tree anti virus programs
.i\.11!.111!■ ■ mi computer bulletin
hoards and in computer inaga
/Hi'"- Im HIM l‘l uni iuni
pal ililns th.it Adept I amipulrr
Semi ex m Kugene w here lie
works does not sell them
( 'om/nitr's 1t in.ig.i/me re
tenth released tree disks with
\ HUM .III In \!( Mtee .IS ,1 sill'
si i ipturn lure
It W ill si .ill .1 s\ stem tor V I
ruses and destrrn am it finds
( aunputet im tiers i an w rite
In \li Mtee at 11.' t ( heein St
Santa ( lar i ( A n a l i t Im a
i opv nr inhiriilatiiin (then' is a
s. resist rat tim tee |
\i cording to ( rmt/mfr's /’(
HIM iitteis a similai pmiliii I
and \h Alice tiades notes with
them ahmit the most ret eiith
d is< m ered V II uses
Xnothei IH\I t nmpatthli
anti in us program tin Shi >t
In Knss \| ( ueenherg is ,n ad
aide tin s.' Irnm l’( ’ s|( . |u tut)
I I Inane Are Siiiun i ale ( \
'i-iimti
Hut do nut ..;et l lii Shot I a
curding In /Jo/u//,i/ Si rent e In'
i ause it is itself a \ inis It w as
available mi main cumptltei
luilletiii Iruards in !‘)M8 and
mam people were del rued
Bolkan ctd Moore agreed
that the tiee rims programs are
best bei arise the programmer s
motivation is in pinte. i the ni
dus! r\ s reputation- The pro
i ause the\ iio nut take time to
i reate fata v pai kagiug and
menus, linn are released more
111111 kly m response !u new i i
itises th,til the i mumeri i a I vei
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