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echo: virus_info
to: MICHAEL MUELLER
from: DMITRY MOSTOVOY
date: 1996-12-29 22:50:00
subject: Re: Is ADInf foolable? (was Re: Here aga22:50:4812/29/96

           Hi Michael!
21 Dec 96, letter Michael Mueller to Alexander Kovneristy:
 MM> When I remember right there was atleast one file virus infecting on
 MM> Int 13h calls. IMHO it was an EXE-Header-Virus. So you may spread the
 MM> virus all over with ADInf.
    No. It is not true. There is a lot of viruses infecting files or boot 
records on the Int 13h level. But ADinf does not go throw Int 13h chain. It 
does not process instruction "Int 13h"! While disk scanning ADinf uses 
instructions
    pushf
    Call DWORD PTR [Int 13h hardware BIOS entry address]
    So no active virus will obtain control and no virus can infect any files 
or boot sectors. And of course, no stealth virus can hide itself.
                                With best regards,
                                        Dmitry Mostovoy
--- GoldED 2.50+
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* Origin: DialogueScience, Moscow; E-mail: dmost@dials.ru (2:5020/69.4)

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