Hello Bat,

    Responding to a post in the BATPOWER area:
    On Tuesday December 09 2003 at 19:17,
    Bat Lang [1:382/61] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: Batch file virus ???

 GM>> Today, I ran the F-Prot anti virus program and got the following
 GM>> error message:

 GM>> C:\U\GG.BAT  Infection: BAT/Backdarter.D

 GM>> When I looked at the infected file, it was to do with networking
 GM>> on the DOS box (I'm trying to network the DOS box to a WinXP box,
 GM>> but I'm not there, yet)...

 GM>> I would like to post the batch file so that someone can tell me
 GM>> how this file contains a virus and how to decontaminate it,
 GM>> #_*BUT*_#, I don't want to propagate a viral infection to other
 GM>> systems.

 GM>> I am asking the moderator for permission to post it in three
 GM>> separate (that way, a user will have to work at extracting three
 GM>> messages to get it working) messages, in the hope that someone
 GM>> can tell me what commands in the batch make it an infected file
 GM>> and how I might fix it so I can carry on with my attempts to
 GM>> complete my networking...

 GM>> Thanks ... Gerald

 BL> I would suggest you take it to a forum that specializes in viruses, or
 BL> take it up with the F-Prot folks. I don't want it posted here. We
 BL> don't purport to have any virus expertise, they do. Perhaps our BFDS
 BL> coord. Ben Ritchey, who moderates the Fido echo ANTI_VIRUS could offer
 BL> his advice. There are also the Fido echoes: VIRUS and VIRUS_INFO.
 BL> Doubtless there are even more such resources in the Use-Groups on the
 BL> internet. In any case, I don't want this to become a thread. Thanks
 BL> for your cooperation and understanding.  Good Modeming!  /\oo/\ Happy
 BL> Holydays!

I appreciate your input.  And, yes, Ben has provided some good info
already.

Understood and it is not a problem for me.

End of topic and discussion, therefore, NO THREAD!

Hoppy Hallowdays to U too! (hic)

           Cheers ... Gerald

... In my house, the term "left-overs" refers to survivors...
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