| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 1308.1 | How come you've already got the October issue? | HEART::CHAKERA | | Mon Sep 07 1992 12:12 | 0 |
| 1308.2 | GHOST Confirmed | KERNEL::BLAND | Norman Bland 833 3797 CSC, Basingstoke | Tue Sep 08 1992 05:05 | 8 |
| Re base note: I can confirm that UKV5.4 has found the Ghost Virus on ST
FORMAT Cover Disk for OCT'92.
Re reply .1: I get my ST FORMAT magazine by post. The magazine always
comes out the month prior to the cover month; normally in the second
week.
Cheers, Norman
|
| 1308.3 | | VIVIAN::T_SMITH | | Tue Sep 08 1992 06:38 | 4 |
| Re .1 - Like Norman, I subscribe & it sometimes hits the doormat before it hits
the shelves.
Tony
|
| 1308.4 | "Dear Subscriber...." | NIBLIK::ROBSON | | Tue Sep 15 1992 10:19 | 15 |
| I too subscribe to ST Format and yesterday I arrived home to find
in the post a jiffy bag containing a disk and a letter from ST Format.
The letter began "Dear Subscriber" and went on to explain that they
had discovered that cover disk 39 (the one with "Dynamo" and "Magic
Storybook") had been duplicated with the Ghost Virus, and although
this "would not damage the machine", the mouse pointer would be "turned
upside down", and that the virus would transfer to subsequent disks.
The enclosed disk contained a "special" demo version of UVK5, with
instructions on how to eradicate the virus from the cover disk.
The letter went on to say that the publishers have taken steps
to ensure "this never happens again".
Seems ST Format are taking this very seriously.
Brian
|
| 1308.5 | Mmmm... heard it all before | COMICS::DSMMGR | Pigman, Pigman, ha ha charade you are... | Tue Sep 15 1992 10:24 | 3 |
| Mmmmmmm.... it also appears that they have said "it'll never happen
again" before
|
| 1308.6 | were's my UKV DEMO? | KERNEL::BLAND | Norman Bland 833 3797 CSC, Basingstoke | Wed Sep 16 1992 06:24 | 10 |
| RE .4
You were lucky. I received my letter/disk this morning. It has a
readable directory and a readable text file. The text file talks about
what we have on on OCT'92's "WHAT MICRO?" cover disk. It also has a
number of *.ZIP files which I understand to be PC type compressed
files. Fortunately I do not need the DEMO of UKV as I have the real
thing.
Norman
|
| 1308.7 | ZIP for the ST isn't used much | YNGSTR::WALLACE | | Wed Sep 16 1992 14:37 | 4 |
| FYI:
There are a few unZIP programs for the ST.
Ray
|
| 1308.8 | Check for stzip11... | DETOO::HEARN | Time will tell... | Wed Sep 16 1992 17:46 | 7 |
|
I believe I have a zip/unzip on:
DWEEZL::dua0:[atari]
Rich
|
| 1308.9 | Not hit the News Stands yet | WOTVAX::BIDDULPHM | | Thu Sep 17 1992 08:36 | 7 |
| I don't subscribe to the mag' but I notice that this issue has yet to hit
the news stands - how much is this costing them in lost revenue?
Also, I believe their mag' is from where I have TWICE been infected with
the Ghost Virus!
Mike
|
| 1308.10 | FIX first then Distribute | KERNEL::BLAND | Norman Bland 833 3797 CSC, Basingstoke | Thu Sep 17 1992 09:26 | 9 |
| I have contact ST FORMAT (Future Publishing) and they tell me that only
those people who received the magazine by post will have the virus
affected cover disk.
They recalled/stopped those magazines being distributed to shops to get
the issue fixed first. This may account for the late/none arrival of
ST FORMAT OCT'92 issue in the shops.
Norman
|
| 1308.11 | | KERNEL::IMBIERSKI | The sound of electric wood | Fri Sep 18 1992 10:13 | 7 |
| At least they're taking a responsible attitude. They have always made a
point in the past that their virus checking of the cover disk is
extensive, and make mileage out of the fact that their rival ST user
once distributed a virus on its cover disk (and that one DID hit the
stands).
Tony I
|
| 1308.12 | Waiting to see. | KERNEL::ADAMS | Brian Adams CSC-Viables '833-3790 | Sun Sep 20 1992 08:37 | 8 |
|
I've got a "Shop bought" version of STF 39 October Issue, bought on
17th September.
I'll run UVK on it, just in case, and post the result.
Brian A.
|
| 1308.13 | ST Format is clean, but then I found... | LARVAE::POORE | Stuart Poore, TCC South @UCG, U.K. | Thu Sep 24 1992 15:48 | 8 |
| Well my shop bought copy had no Viri on it, so it looks as if all is
clear.
However I thought seeing as I had by Virus Checker out I'd just check a
few disks & found I picked up the SIGNUM virus a few months back.
Anybody any idea what this does ?
Stuart P.
|
| 1308.14 | Mine's clean. | KERNEL::ADAMS | Brian Adams CSC-Viables '833-3790 | Sat Sep 26 1992 17:10 | 6 |
|
UVK found no problems on the STF 39 October disk, so it looks like,
as in previous replies, it was only the subscriber issues that got
bugged.
Brian A.
|
| 1308.15 | What disk was Signum on? | KERNEL::BLAND | Norman Bland 833 3797 CSC, Basingstoke | Sat Sep 26 1992 17:19 | 5 |
| re .13 (SIGNUM)
Was that on a cover disk? If so what magazine/issue/month.
Norman
|
| 1308.16 | November is OK | VIVIAN::T_SMITH | | Mon Oct 05 1992 12:57 | 3 |
| Issue 40 - November is clear of virii - at least my copy is.........
Tony
|
| 1308.17 | NOV'92 ST FORMAT COVER DISKS | KERNEL::BLAND | Norman Bland 833 3797 CSC, Basingstoke | Tue Oct 13 1992 04:15 | 3 |
| Mine is OK as well.
Norman
|