Do we need language like this on the mail list ??
On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Antoniu-George SAVU wrote:
> Heya,
> Nope...a virus cannot infect a DOS partition via Linux! A virus can
> infect other files only if it is run and than it will spread across the
> harddrives partitions (like OneHalf). IN linux there are NO viruses!
> I didn't heard about a virus that can afect a PnP enviroment....and I'm a
> hacker also! :))) Thoretically a virus can hack some PnP devices and
> change their setting but in this case the virus code should be too big
> (50Kb or more) and if it is so BIG that's not a VIRUS! :))) That's a
> FUCKING BAD WRITTEN VIRUS! :))
>
> Please try to see this is your network card is running in PnP mode. Do
> this:
> Reboot the computer, enter the BIOS configration setup, go under the 'PnP'
> section and YOU MUST HAVE ENABLED SOMETHING THAT SAYS:
> PnP AUTOCONFIGURATION!
> OR
> Assign IRQ PCI Slot1: AUTOMATIC (AUTO,PnP)
> Assign IRQ PCI Slot2: --- " --------
> ...and so on!
>
> This can be the cause for the trouble!
> Also..using the floppy disk/cdrom that come with the NIC (Netwrok
> Interface Card) look for a 'setup' DOS program on it. If you find it,
> runnit and make sure that the NIC is set to run in PnP mode NOT jumperless
> or other crap!
>
> Hope this will help!
>
> Cheers,
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> On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, S.K. Singh wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > Some of you might remember my earlier mail regarding problem with
> > PCnet-PCI II eth card. My Slackware 2.0.33 box has a dos partion which I
> > seldome use. I checked my dos partition for viruses and found two are
> > three which were removed by antivirus. When I boot the machine in Linux I
> > found that the machine was pinging its own IP's but not of the intranet
> > or internet.
> >
> > In DOS I found that the the IRQ has changed from 10 to 5. I again
> > changed the IRQ to 10 and rebooted. To my surprise I found that the irq of
> > the card agian changed to 5 after reboot, then I replcaed irq 10 with 5 in
> > following line of /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file and card was pinging to
> > outside.
> >
> > /sbin/modprobe ne io=0x220, irq = 10
> >
> > Next day i agin found that system (which was on) was not pinging
> > outside. On reboot in DOS it was observed that the irq has changed to 10
> > and some new virus in dos partition.
> >
> > Can a virus infect dos partition via Linux?.
> >
> > --Dr. S.K. Singh,
> >
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