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005AGIMA · 10 April 2019, 05:53

I was thinking only the other day how it was funny that the £10 "Virus Killer" program seemed to be able to get rid of any Amiga virus around, almost as if the writers of the killer, wrote all the virus

I recall only boot sector virus on my A500 (given I had no HDD to worry about), and yes I got infected but only ever through cracked copy games.

The only time it was a real issue was if a legit disk became infected. While Virus Killer could remove the virus, the original boot sector was wiped, and hence many legit games would be rendered useless.

Of course, the way to clean the machine itself was.....turn it off and on again.

Pretty sure they didn't even reside in memory even with battery backup clock on a ram expansion.

My question on this topic though is......
Has anyone found an infected ADF while using emulation?

If yes, what is the consequence?

Given MOST ADF files are based on cracked copies from the past, this is the very place I'd expect to find infections.

I assume "turning it off and on again" (as in the emulator itself) would clean the "amiga" if using a non HDD based build?

I'd also assume an Amiga virus can pose no risk to a PC itself of course.

10 April 2019, 05:53	#9
005AGIMA Re-loading. Please wait. Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Perth, Australia & England Age: 49 Posts: 472	I was thinking only the other day how it was funny that the £10 "Virus Killer" program seemed to be able to get rid of any Amiga virus around, almost as if the writers of the killer, wrote all the virus I recall only boot sector virus on my A500 (given I had no HDD to worry about), and yes I got infected but only ever through cracked copy games. The only time it was a real issue was if a legit disk became infected. While Virus Killer could remove the virus, the original boot sector was wiped, and hence many legit games would be rendered useless. Of course, the way to clean the machine itself was.....turn it off and on again. Pretty sure they didn't even reside in memory even with battery backup clock on a ram expansion. My question on this topic though is...... Has anyone found an infected ADF while using emulation? If yes, what is the consequence? Given MOST ADF files are based on cracked copies from the past, this is the very place I'd expect to find infections. I assume "turning it off and on again" (as in the emulator itself) would clean the "amiga" if using a non HDD based build? I'd also assume an Amiga virus can pose no risk to a PC itself of course.