Virus Bulletin, January 1993
January 1993 ISSN 0956-9979 THE AUTHORITATIVE INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION ON COMPUTER VIRUS PREVENTION, RECOGNITION AND REMOVAL Editor: Richard Ford Technical Editor: Fridrik Skulason Consulting Editor: Edward Wilding Advisory Board: Jim Bates, Bates Associates, UK, Andrew Busey, Datawatch Corporation, USA, David M. Chess, IBM Research, Phil Crewe, Fingerprint, UK, David Ferbrache, Defence Research Agency, UK, Ray Glath, RG Software Inc., USA, Hans Gliss, Datenschutz Berater, West Germany, Ross M. Greenberg, Software Concepts Design, USA, Dr. Harold Joseph Highland, Compulit Microcomputer Security Evaluation Laboratory, USA, Dr. Jan Hruska, Sophos, UK, Dr. Keith Jackson, Walsham Contracts, UK, Owen Keane, Barrister, UK, John Laws, Defence Research Agency, UK, Tony Pitts, Digital Equipment Corporation, UK, Yisrael Radai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Martin Samociuk, Network Security Management, UK, John Sherwood, Sherwood Associates, UK, Prof. Eugene Spafford, Purdue University, USA, Dr. Peter Tippett, Certus Corporation, USA, Steve R. White, IBM Research, Dr. Ken Wong, PA Consulting Group, UK, Ken van Wyk, CERT, USA. CONTENTS SCANNER UPDATE 1993 Scanner Shoot-Out 8 EDITORIAL Imageline v. McAfee 2 VIRUS ANALYSES NEWS 1. The CMOS1 Virus 13 2. DOSHUNTER - Search S&S Caught Out 3 And Destroy 15 Chinese Whispers 3 3. Penza - Variations on a Familiar Theme 16 A Rose By Any Other Name 3 PRODUCT REVIEWS IBM PC VIRUSES (UPDATE) 4 1. IBM AntiVirus 18 INSIGHT 2. PC Tools 8 21 Scotland Yard’s Virus Hunters 6 END NOTES & NEWS 24 VIRUS BULLETIN ©1993 Virus Bulletin Ltd, 21 The Quadrant, Abingdon Science Park, Oxon, OX14 3YS, England. Tel (+44) 235 555139. /90/$0.00+2.50 This bulletin is available only to qualified subscribers.
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