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From: portal!cup.portal.com!Alan_J_Roberts@Sun.COM
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Subject: New Israeli Boot Virus (PC)
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Date: 31 Jul 89 19:01:50 GMT
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This is a forward from John McAfee:
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    I have received a copy of the boot virus reported by Yuval Tal and
have included a check for it in the V32 of VIRUSCAN.  The problem is that we
don't have a name for it.  I spoke with David Chess at IBM and suggested we
call it the "Israeli Boot" since no other boot viruses have been reported
from Israel.  He found no problem with the name and I'd like to propose the
name for general use.  Any other name is also fine with me, but until another
name is generally accepted the scan program will say "Israeli Boot Virus"
whenever it's found.  (I am aware that it is an unsatisfying name, it
is marginally more descriptive than "Fred").

JDM

[Ed. "Fred", eh?  Hmmm...  :-)]