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24 lines
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The Morality Play Virus by -=Q=-
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This virus presents an perplexing quandary:
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If something immoral is stopping something that is illegal, should
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something good interfere with it and allow that which is illegal
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to continue?
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With that in mind, this virus was created. It has no payload or ill code.
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This virus only attacks pirated software. *.EXE files copied to floppy
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disk can be infected if their header is all zeros from offset 88 to 512.
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If the infected .EXE file is run on the same system, the virus will remove
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itself and not go memory resident. If the infected .EXE is run on a
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different computer (BIOS Date and Volume ID of C:\ are both different);
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it will then go memory resident in the HMA and will continue to infect
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.EXE's copied to floppy disks. If the .EXE infection is over 3 months old,
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the virus will erase the pirated software after it has executed.
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This virus in effect stops software piracy. Anti-Virus software should not
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remove this virus because it would continue to promote software piracy.
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This should show the true morals of the Anti-Virus community.
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P.S. We already know they don't have any. This is just a test. -=Q=-
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