1996-01-31 - Re: KOH “Helpful” Crypto Virus

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From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
To: Laszlo Vecsey <cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: b206d1ba5d9c43443ee331e3ec3eedf1e254c0f8b673f68fe5dc5ef2503387b6
Message ID: <v02120d09ad34770c9b3f@[192.0.2.1]>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-31 04:09:14 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:09:14 +0800

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From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:09:14 +0800
To: Laszlo Vecsey <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: KOH "Helpful" Crypto Virus
Message-ID: <v02120d09ad34770c9b3f@[192.0.2.1]>
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At 13:20 1/30/96, Laszlo Vecsey wrote:
>I'm looking for more information on the KOH Virus, a 'helpful' virus which
>kindly asks to infect your system and encrypt all of your data. It spreads
>to floppies (upon request) and to other systems, encrypting all files.
[...]
>Please point me towards the source/binary, or further information.

You can get the binary, full source, and manual on disk for $32 plus $3 for
S&H from
American Eagle Publications
POB 1507
Show Low, AZ 85901
(800) 719-4957
(520) 367-1621

While you are at it, you might also want to pick up their famous collection
CD-ROM full of virus code, live viruses, virus creation engines, etc. From
their catalog: "For starters, you get a fantastic virus collection
consisting of 574 families [...] about 3700 carefully tested and cataloged
viruses in all...$99 + $5 S&H.

A must have :-)


-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com>
   PGP encrypted mail preferred.







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