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PART I         THE ULTIMATE VIRUS KILLER BOOK

1        PROLOGUE

2        VIRUS CLASSIFICATION

  2.1      WHAT ARE VIRUSES?
  2.2      BOOTSECTOR VIRUSES
  2.2.1    RESET-RESISTANT BOOTSECTOR VIRUSES
  2.2.2    NON-EXECUTABLE BOOTSECTOR VIRUSES
  2.3      LINK VIRUSES
  2.3.1    NON-RESIDENT LINK VIRUSES
  2.3.2    RESIDENT LINK VIRUSES
  2.3.3    RESET-RESISTANT LINK VIRUSES
  2.3.4    OVERWRITING LINK VIRUSES
  2.3.5    NON-OVERWRITING LINK VIRUSES
  2.3.6    SUBSTITUTE LINK VIRUSES
  2.4      CALL VIRUSES
  2.5      BOOT VIRUSES
  2.6      BUFFERED VIRUSES
  2.7      BATCH VIRUSES
  2.8      SOURCE CODE-AND COMPILER VIRUSES
  2.9      XP VIRUSES
  2.10     ENCRYPTING VIRUSES
  2.11     ACQUAINTED TUMOURS
  2.11.1   TROJAN HORSES
  2.11.2   WORMS
  2.12     ANTI-VIRUSES
  2.12.1   CLONING ANTI-VIRUSES
  2.12.2   NON-CLONING ANTI-VIRUSES
  2.12.3   NON-RESIDENT ANTI-VIRUSES
  2.12.4   VIRUS FREE DISKS
  2.13     'GOOD' VIRUSES
  2.14     KILLER DISKS

3        GENERAL HISTORY OF VIRUSES

  3.1      THE BIG STUFF
  3.2      MS-DOS VIRUSES
  3.2.1    THE ISRAEL VIRUS
  3.2.2    THE BRAIN VIRUS
  3.2.3    THE LEHIGH VIRUS
  3.2.4    THE SEX.EXE VIRUS
  3.2.5    THE BLACK JACK VIRUS
  3.2.6    THE RUSH HOUR VIRUS
  3.2.7    THE DARK AVENGER VIRUS
  3.2.8    THE MICHAELANGELO VIRUS
  3.2.9    JOKEWARE
  3.3      AMIGA VIRUSES
  3.4      MACINTOSH VIRUSES
  3.5      APPLE II VIRUSES
  3.6      NOTORIOUS COMPUTER GROUPS
  3.6.1    THE CHAOS COMPUTER CLUB
  3.6.2    THE BAYRISCHE HACKER POST

4        THE HISTORY OF VIRUSES ON ATARI TOS COMPUTERS

  4.1      THE EARLY DAYS
  4.2      C'T VIRUSES
  4.3      THE VIRUS CONSTRUCTION SET
  4.4      THE GHOST VIRUS
  4.5      NON-EXECUTABLE VIRUSES
  4.6      MS-DOS MIMICING VIRUSES
  4.7      ENCODING VIRUSES
  4.8      THE BEILSTEIN VIRUS
  4.9      THE ULTIMATE VIRUS DESIGNER
  4.10     THE VALKYRIE VIRUS SYSTEM

5        SOME SENSE AND NONSENSE ABOUT VIRUSES

  5.1      THE WRITE-PROTECT PROBLEM
  5.2      THE ROM-WRITE PROBLEM
  5.3      THE BATTERY BACKED RAM PROBLEM
  5.4      THE "AREN'T VIRUSES OUT OF FASHION NOW" PROBLEM
  5.5      THE "OOPS I FORGOT TO WRITE SOMETHING TOO" PROBLEM
  5.6      THE PANIC! PROBLEM
  5.6.1    THE FLAIR PAINT VIRUS
  5.6.2    THE MOON VIRUS
  5.6.3    THE KEIN VIRUS
  5.7      THE "THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ME" PROBLEM
  5.8      THE "VIRUSES ARE SIMPLE PROGRAMS" PROBLEM
  5.9      THE "VIRUSES CAN EASILY BE DESTROYED USING A DISK
            MONITOR" PROBLEM
  5.10     THE "WHAT'S ALL THE HYPE ABOUT" PROBLEM
  5.11     VIRUSES AND THEIR THREAT FOR THE HARDWARE
  5.11.1   THE FLOPPY DRIVE
  5.11.2   THE MMU
  5.11.3   THE HARD DISK
  5.11.4   THE INTERFACES
  5.11.5   THE FALCON
  5.12     ALIEN VIRUSES AND THEIR THREAT TO TOS COMPUTERS

6        HOW TO RECOGNISE VIRUS INFECTION

  6.1      WHAT CAN GO WRONG
  6.2      HOW TO PREVENT VIRUS INFECTION
  6.2.1    KEEP YOUR DISKS WRITE-PROTECTED
  6.2.2    ALWAYS BOOT WITH THE SAME, WRITE-PROTECTED DISK
  6.2.3    CHECK ALL DISKS YOU GET
  6.2.4    ANTI VIRUS TOS
  6.2.5    A SPECIAL TIP FOR SOFTWARE AUTHORS
  6.2.6    ALTERNATIVE WAYS
  6.2.6.1  GUARD PROGRAMS
  6.2.6.2  THE DESKTOP.INF/NEWDESK.INF FILE
  6.3      CALL TO ALL BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM OPERATORS
  6.4      CALL TO ALL SOFTWARE MANUFACTURERS
  6.5      CALL TO ALL TOS COMPUTER USERS
  6.6      CALL TO ALL VIRUS KILLER PROGRAMMERS

7        THE MEANING OF LIFE

  7.1      HOW THE "ULTIMATE VIRUS KILLER" WAS PROGRAMMED
  7.2      OLD "ULTIMATE VIRUS KILLER" VERSIONS

8        EPILOGUE

PART II        THE "ULTIMATE VIRUS" KILLER MANUAL

1        INTRODUCTION

2        MAKING A BACKUP

3        STARTING THE "ULTIMATE VIRUS KILLER"

4        WORKING WITH THE "ULTIMATE VIRUS KILLER"

5        SEEK'N'DESTROY VIRUSES

6        IMMUNIZE VIRUSES

7        REPAIR BIOS PARAMETER BLOCK

  7.1      HOW MANY BYTES PER SECTOR
  7.2      HOW MANY TRACKS PER SIDE
  7.3      HOW MANY SECTORS PER TRACK
  7.4      HOW MANY SIDES
  7.5      HOW MANY SECTORS PER CLUSTER
  7.6      HOW MANY FATS ON THE DISK
  7.7      HOW MANY DIRECTORY ENTRIES
  7.8      HOW MANY SECTORS PER FAT ENTRY
  7.9      A NOTE ON DISKS WITH BUSTED BIOS PARAMETER BLOCKS

8        RESTORE DISKS

9        THE SYSTEM STATUS SCREEN

  9.1      WHEN SUSPICIOUS
  9.2      THE PROBLEM

10        FEEDBACK

11        THE "ULTIMATE VIRUS KILLER" CONFIGURATION FILE

12        THE "ULTIMATE VIRUS KILLER" HISTORY FILE

13        THE CPX MODULE

13.1      LOADING IT
13.2      WORKING WITH IT
13.3      THE PUTBOOT OPTION

PART III       THE ULTIMATE VIRUS KILLER BOOK APPENDICES

A        THE KNOWN VIRUSES ON TOS COMPUTERS AND THEIR SYMPTOMS

B        TOS COMPUTER SYSTEM VARIABLES

C        GEMDOS-, BIOS-AND XBIOS FUNCTIONS

D        A SHORT GUIDE ON BOOTSECTOR VIRUS DISASSEMBLY

E        TROUBLE SHOOTING CHART

F        TOS COMPUTER MEMORY MAP

G        XBRA STRUCTURE AND THE COOKIE JAR

H        OTHER VIRUS KILLER PROGRAMS

I        TOS COMPUTER BOOT FLOWCHART

J        GLOSSARY

K        COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS

L        ATARI VIRUS SYNONYM LIST

          CREDITS
          LITERATURE

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