-=> Quoting John Warner to All <=-
JW> Forget the Virus. the most Distructive Force on the Computer Scene is
JW> the File Bomb! i reseved a File Bomb on my bbs a Few Months back
JW> it was Marked HARDOP.Zip it was a Harddrive Optimizer Program and
JW> when run it would Deleted all the Harddrives partisions in one Blow!.
JW> With Virus its a simple task of using VET or MF's to Kill them
JW> But what can you Do with file bombs that dont show up as Virus.
JW> but can Do more Then just Affect Files. it can Wipe out your Drives..
What you have described is a Trojan (not a file bomb). A Trojan is a
program which claims to do one thing when in fact it does another (it may or
may not actually do the thing that i claims to do).
A file bomb is a file which when unarchived (or handled as intended)
expands to use all free disk space on the system (much like a mail bomb).
Other than that it does no damage. You simply need to delete the file(s) it
creates (although this can be a great task on ocassion).
But on the plus side, this program would certainly optimise the free
space on your hard drive .
Dave...
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