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

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From: Laszlo Vecsey <master@internexus.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: c3e8e01267562c9383cdb4c1b5a341c3b3cc8d547077710905b7a7e4d63582c1
Message ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960130131704.286A-100000@micro.internexus.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-31 22:02:04 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 06:02:04 +0800

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From: Laszlo Vecsey <master@internexus.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 06:02:04 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: KOH "Helpful" Crypto Virus
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960130131704.286A-100000@micro.internexus.net>
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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. 

I read about it in Boardwatch magazine, which surprisingly states that the
U.S. government forbids the distribution of all cryptographic programs in
binary form; source code can be freely distributed.

Please point me towards the source/binary, or further information. 

(define(RSA m e n)(list->string(u(r(s(string->list m))e n))))(define(u a)(if(>
a 0)(cons(integer->char(modulo a 256))(u(quotient a 256)))'()))(define(s a)(if
(null? a)0(+(char->integer(car a))(* 256(s(cdr a))))))(define(r a x n)(cond((=
0 x)1)((even? x)(modulo(expt(r a(/ x 2)n)2)n))(#t(modulo(* a(r a(1- x)n))n))))

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