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Atarist777
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disks
does anyone have any random disks that could be infected with a virus? for example, a website with thousands of disks that were found by chance.
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I have a hard drive. That has the the 2052. R. S a encryptEd virus..
. Not atari though
How to decode decrypt
. Not atari though
How to decode decrypt
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HOLD ON ! ! ! Im printing unreadable characters ...!
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does anyone have any random disks that ... e infected
There was an ST Format I think that had a virus on it, I am not sure if the repositories for the cover disks are that "loyal" to the originals, i.e. the virus may have been taken off. From memory it was the "ghost" virus. I think it turned the mouse upside down. Without looking it up I am going with issue 98. Pure guess, any other offers for the "guess the issue" game.
I know it is (the most) common virus but just felt like saying it.
There was an ST Format I think that had a virus on it, I am not sure if the repositories for the cover disks are that "loyal" to the originals, i.e. the virus may have been taken off. From memory it was the "ghost" virus. I think it turned the mouse upside down. Without looking it up I am going with issue 98. Pure guess, any other offers for the "guess the issue" game.
I know it is (the most) common virus but just felt like saying it.
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Why are we encouraging this?
Get some disks on your own time from planetemu and then don't distribute them anywhere else once you've infected them.
Get some disks on your own time from planetemu and then don't distribute them anywhere else once you've infected them.
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Atarist777
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why?Atarist777 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 7:31 pmI need to find the already infected disks to find out what kind of virus is written on them.
what are you trying to prove here?
nobody will think you are a super hacker because to can copy a bootsector
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Re: disks
Despite the hype, on computers that did not have a hard disk drive, viruses did not spread as easily as you may expect.
The simple precaution of switching off your machine was enough to contain a virus if it had copied itself to RAM. And because on STFM and STe machines the OS is in ROM, that makes it even harder for a virus.
And anyone who did find an infected disk, and who has the expertise to upload a copy of said disk will almost certainly be able to check for infections. Hence the likelihood of finding an infected copy of a disk online is rather small.
Viruses are best left back in history. There is very little interest in viruses on 'retro' computer systems.
Mark
The simple precaution of switching off your machine was enough to contain a virus if it had copied itself to RAM. And because on STFM and STe machines the OS is in ROM, that makes it even harder for a virus.
And anyone who did find an infected disk, and who has the expertise to upload a copy of said disk will almost certainly be able to check for infections. Hence the likelihood of finding an infected copy of a disk online is rather small.
Viruses are best left back in history. There is very little interest in viruses on 'retro' computer systems.
Mark
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