10 October 2016, 01:39 | #1 |
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Aminet: Virus warning
Some older software has been uploaded to Aminet for preservation purposes recently, and in the last two days three infected uploads slipped through the virus checking system we have in place. We are very sorry for the inconvience and any problems this might have created on your end.
The files in quesion are:
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10 October 2016, 12:20 | #2 |
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Can you tell how/why virus checking failed? Maybe I need to verify my virus checking too.
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10 October 2016, 12:30 | #3 |
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Could you please tell us which virus were they infected with? Thank you for your warning.
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10 October 2016, 12:51 | #4 |
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While I appreciate the effort to preserve old software in this manner, perhaps it should only be done if genuine, original copies of the software are obtained either from the original publishers or from a reliable source. Maybe this is actually the case and I'm misinterpreting it, but to me it seems likely someone uploaded some warez versions of software, which was often a source of viral infections back in the day. Aminet probably isn't the place for "backup" copies of old software someone found on 30 year old handwritten floppies in their attic - the TOSEC project already provides that function.
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10 October 2016, 14:55 | #5 | |
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In other words: it's error-prone, and I fucked up. |
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10 October 2016, 14:58 | #6 |
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There were two different viruses. One was the HappyNewYear link virus, I forgot what the other one was. Good point though, if this ever happens again I'll include this information in the warning.
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10 October 2016, 15:20 | #7 |
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HNY96 is one of the most annoying viruses, but fortunately relativelly harmless.
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10 October 2016, 18:07 | #8 | |
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10 October 2016, 18:22 | #9 |
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[QUOTE=Korodny;1115616]
In other words: it's error-prone, and I fucked up.[/] ^^^This^^^ Honesty and integrity. Awesome. Thank you. Speaks volumes. Much much appreciated. |
10 October 2016, 19:51 | #10 |
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Indeed, massive respect for doing what is a very important but probably underappreciated and taken for granted job.
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14 October 2016, 17:41 | #11 |
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Some details on the files :
BytekillerPro10.lha/BytekillerProIntro infected with Happy New Year 96 MotherLode.adz/c/OldSk00l Crackers infected with Happy New Year 96 PDCopy30.lha/PDCopy30 infected with Happy New Year 96 |
14 October 2016, 21:27 | #12 |
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http://aminet.net/package/util/virus/killhappy
This is very good if you are unlucky enough to be infected with HNY96 |
14 October 2016, 21:32 | #13 | |
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http://aminet.net/package/util/virus/VirusZ |
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15 October 2016, 13:19 | #14 | |
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Virus in some demos
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15 October 2016, 13:35 | #15 |
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Note that the SystemZ is not a virus but may pose some risks because they can crush a suspicious bootblock without warning users
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17 October 2016, 09:48 | #16 |
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