Re: QUESTION - Viruses & Shrinkit

[bbry@bu.edu (Bryony Bechtold)]

Randy Shackelford (shack@crash.cts.com) wrote:
: In article <Cw3I84.6Es@iro.umontreal.ca>,
: Paul Guertin <guertinp@IRO.UMontreal.CA> wrote:

: >Where can I get information on Apple II viruses? Are then targeted
: >at the IIgs only, or are there viruses that will infect ProDOS 8
: >and DOS 3.3 disks or files? (I'm especially interested in these,
: >since I don't have a IIgs.) What are the standard anti-virus tools
: >for each OS? Can I get Apple II virus source or object code somewhere 
: >on the net (not very likely, I suppose).

: All the viruses I know of are 8 bit. I don't think any native ones ever
: surfaced.

: If I can dig up the disk with the program infected with Festering Hate, I
: might put it on comp.binaries if there is interest.
: --


What's bizarre is how many people started out in the Apple II world. If you
remember Festering Hate (Festering Hate in 88) it boots up with that needle 
going into a disk graphic page, that flips to a page with stuff on it, among
which is "Glen bredon Fan Club" and "Elect Lord Digital as god Committee, 
Worshippers of PAT". 

Lord Digital also appears as this myth-figure in various cDc releases, and 
every other issue of Wired, Mondo 2000, etc. What's weirder still is seeing 
this guy on MTV News talkingM about his book coming out and his movie career 
starting. He also is one of the owners of MindVox and a pretty hot writer. 

What's weirest of atll is the author of Festering Hate (The Plague, aka: 
Murdering Thug) who wrote an article about it in an issue of 2600 magazine,
INCLUDING some source code, is also on mindvox, and was just featured for 
about 6 paragraphs in a playboy article about cyberpunk/cyberspace. 

Small world and so much of it seems to have begun on the Apple II.