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$88263eea@blocknews.net Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:11:04 GMT in 
alt.politics.scorched-earth, wrote:

>> the Virus Bulletin about the Toadie virus. Interesting.

I told you I was infamous. Published. Blackhat. Scorchio.

>> Toadie is a DOS-based virus that was designed to infect
>> both DOS and Windows executables (the only problem with
>> it is that a DOS box will temporarily appear on execution of
>> an infected Windows executable). The virus will not infect
>> between 3pm and 5pm and infected files will not run
>> between 9pm and 12pm. When an infected file is run at 17
>> minutes past the hour, the virus will display the message:

Yes, it does. DOS/WINDOWS/os2warp executables, as I've *always* said.

>> TOADiE v1.2 - Raid [SLAM] 

For many av software, yep; that was your only choice, unless you 
contacted me. I had a scanner that would remove it without harm. I 
kept one for each virus I authored. It's why so many AV hated me at 
one point. I'd taunt those who'd claim it couldn't be disinfected. I'd 
provide some infected people the removal tool. They'd post about it, 
AVers would take a trashing on usenet over it. Irok was still the 
worst for that, though. Many AVers claimed it would wreck your hard 
drive data. (It didn't)

>> spread by one of these methods it will display one of five
>> possible messages at the DOS prompt. The messages are
>> puerile attempts at humorous poetry.

He should have let the original authors know. I borrowed them all. I'm 
not the original author of a single one of them. I suspect some/all 
might predate me.

>> Unfortunately, this virus is in the wild, having infected the
>> Austrian office of a big multinational on its release.

I had nothing to do with that. Didn't even know about it, until a 
reporter from your country no less, contacted me. He wanted to discuss 
Toadie over tea. *lol*

He (like you) thought I was local to your area and not based in the 
States.

>> From.... https://www.virusbtn.com/pdf/magazine/1999/199910.pdf

> THERE IS NO ESCAPING FROM THE TRUTH!

Except for the fact that the quoted article contains a bit of fiction 
on the part of Graham Cluley.

Specifically this:

As well as spreading in the ‘normal' manner, the author
tried to make the virus spread via USENET groups (in the
form of a cell phone cloner and a generator for adult Web
site passwords). Similar distribution of a porn list via
USENET may soon get the Melissa author into trouble.

I didn't do either of the aforementioned things he claimed. I also 
wasn't in hiding or running in any way shape or form when Toadie was 
released. And by released, It was put on a pro virus website. 

Disabled, (ie, you couldn't download it, unzip/run and infect anyone) 
with documentation clearly outlining what it was.  You had to follow 
specific instructions to make it viral and infectious. As provided 
originally by me, it wasn't harmful. Avers didn't publish those 
details because well, with all the facts, I don't look as 'evil'.

Who wants to read about a virus writer that wrote viruses you couldn't 
use to harm someone, without taking additional steps? That's boring! 
That's not going to scare anybody and boost AV software sales. Damn 
that virus writer, openly challenging them on usenet. [g]






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