Last Battle

Hello Roland !

Tuesday April 01 1997 11:35, Roland Chanishvily ─── Evgeny Milun:

AR>>> does anyone have a loader for the Last Battle
AR>>> soap plz
EM>> Do you know that there is a virus in it? I don’t advise you to
EM>> “buy it”.
RC> By the way, what is all this chatter about the Speckie virus?
Unfortunately, this is not chatter. The "smart guys" from Hackers Squad actually built a virus into their toy. :( That's it.

Good luck ! Evgeny.

EM> Unfortunately, this is not chatter. The “smart guys” from Hackers Squad
EM> actually built a virus into their toy. :( That's it.

And what does it do? I've heard rumors about the existence of a program that, after
activation, physically burns out the LED on the disk drive. :-O Without elements of
reproduction, apparently. I haven't seen it, haven't tried it. IMHO - it's not real.

With all sorts of regards and wishes.
Igor.

... Some eat to live, others live to drink.

EM> Unfortunately, this is not chatter. The “smart guys” from Hackers Squad
EM> actually built a virus into their toy. :( That's it.

Straight Out Of Hell I Write To You, Evgeny !!!
¥                                                                 €
±  Andy Samoilenko wrote to Evgeny Milun - Answering:
«            €

RC>>> ëسشءشة, ء قشد ـشد عء شزإذ خءسقإش ×ةزصسء خء سذإثثة?
EM>> ë سدضءجإخةہ, ـشد خإ شpإذ. "ُحخظإ pإآرشء" ةع Hackers Squad
EM>> ؤإتسش×ةشإجطخد ×سشpدةجة × س×دہ ةاpصغثص ×ةpصس. :( ÷دش شءث.

üشد خإ شدش ثدشدpظت ؤدجضإخ آظج ×سإ ذpداة خء ؤةسثإشإ ذدpشةشط,قشدآ ×حإسشد خةx
ةاpء عءذصسثءجءسط? هسجة ؤء,شد دخ خإ خء ×سإح إفإ pءآدشءج...
ل إسجة خإش,شد خإجطعر جة ذدذدؤpدآخإت?

C آصشظجثدت ×ةزشصaجطخداد ذة×a, [Team Pإkجaحa Must Die]
ذpدسشد ÷éشaجط AKA p...@got.mmtel.msk.su [Team FTN-Nets]

AS> Well, what about the result? - he infected the RPOM?

No, he didn’t infect the RPOM, but re-flashed it. ;)) In general, you’re kidding in vain.
I, too, was kidding and kidding, and when I saw the virus, I suddenly didn’t want to laugh.

Good luck! Evgeny.

VS> Isn’t this the one that was supposed to corrupt all the programs on the floppy disk so that the game would start instead of them?
VS>? If yes, then he hasn’t worked on everything yet...
VS> And if not, is it possible to be more specific?
Most likely, this is not the same one. This one:
1) Intercepts the loading of the program.
2) Searches for and infects the first uninfected program (if the disk is not write-protected, if it is protected, then this step is skipped).
3) Transfers control to the bootloader of the host program.
More in detail, in the Kharkov magazine "ZX Power".

Here is part of the text that I tore out from the body of the virus:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THIS VIRUS HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER 1993
CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR SPECCY NOW LOOKS LIKE A IBM PC, BECAUSE
IT INFECTED WITH WRITTEN BY * HACKERS' SQUAD * -- BEST PROGRAMMERS OF
THE WORLD.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Good luck ! Evgeny.

AS>> Hص ء زإعصجطشءش ? - دخ عءزءعةج ًٍُْ ?
EM> Hإ, ًٍُْ دخ خإ عءpءعةج, ء ذإpإذpدغةج. ;)) ل ×ددآفإ,
EM> ذpةثءجظ×ءإغطسر عpر. ٌ ×دش شدضإ ذpةثءجظ×ءجسر-ذpةثءجظ×ءجسر, ء ثداؤء
EM> ص×ةؤإج ×ةpصس, شد سحإرشطسر, ×ؤpصا, pءسبدشإجدسط.

÷دش سثدشظ... Hءئةاء ةح ـشد خءؤد آظجد... ًد×ظثدآإخة×ءشطسر?
ُ خةx إسشط ئةؤد ءؤpإس?

EM> No, it didn’t infect the ROM, but re-flashed it. ;))

Explain again:
1.Did he first erase it with ultraviolet light or write on top?
2.Where did this virus supply the programming voltage? (at least 12 volts)
:)
All: have you ever come across a virus that resolders boards?
:)
The worst thing a stupid programmer who writes viruses can do in Sinclair
is ruin the floppy disk!
If I’m wrong, throw a stone at me, or better yet, throw soap at me with the most terrible ZX virus
and I’ll definitely run it on all of my speckah

EM> In general, you’re kidding
EM> in vain. I was also kidding and kidding, and when I saw the virus, then

Well, what did you start doing? If I were you, I would reformat the floppy disk and forget
about it.
Ksati, for fundamental protection against viruses, you need to switch back to working with
a tape recorder, preferably without an IR remote control, otherwise you never know.. :)
People are already being scared by burnt LEDs F:-O - however, the worst virus
is you yourself. More than one VIR will not cause as many troubles as all sorts of modifications and expansions of his ZX
performed personally or by close friends.
(Judging by myself :)
And from these upgrades, failures to pass the SMOC test and other troubles begin
(including burnt-out LEDs in the FDD)

··∙∙---──════ Great, Andy! ════────----∙∙··

Wednesday April 09 1997, 15:32, Andy Samoilenko with Evgeny Milun said nicely:
[Gnawed! ]
AS> Well, what did you start doing? If I were you, I would reformat
AS> the floppy disk and forget about it. By the way, for fundamental protection against viruses
AS> you need to switch back to working with a tape recorder, preferably without a remote control
AS> via IR, otherwise you never know.. :) Here people are already scaring people with burnt LEDs
Uh-huh. Then the modifications will begin - "Attention!!!! Please turn on the tape recorder
to record and press any button, not STOP or space with BREAK.
Thank you very much, you are very kind." :))))))
"Oh yes, don't forget to download me before work. Thank you very much again."
F))))))))
AS> F:-O - however, the most terrible virus is you yourself. As many troubles as
AS> all sorts of modifications and expansions of his ZX carried out personally or
AS> by close friends, more than one VIR will not do. (Judging from my own experience :) And from
AS> these upgrades begin the failure of the SMOC test and other
AS> troubles (including burnt-out LEDs in the FDD)
That's for sure.

·∙∙--───═════ With Best Regards, Slawik ════──---∙∙·

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Igor Gruzdev Fri Apr 11 1997 at 07:24...

IG>> And what is he doing? I have heard rumors about the existence of a program that
EM> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ like any normal virus, it multiplies.
IG>> after activation, it physically burns the LED on the drive. :-O Without
EM> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cool !!!
EM> This phrase is worthy of SU.HARD.CHAINIK (which is a branch of
EM> HUMOR.FILTRED) ;)) In short, not believe these rumors.
IG>> elements of reproduction, it seems. I haven’t seen it, I haven’t tried it. IMHO - this is not
IG>> real.
EM> Yeah, I thought so too - unreal. And I checked - it’s very real.

Somehow you’ve confused me, does such a virus really exist, or should we not
believe the rumors? %-)

Straight Out Of Hell I Write To You, Dmitry !!!
¥                                                                 €
±  Dmitry Grigoryev wrote to Vitaliy Sircov - Answering:
«            €

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C ÂÕÔÙÌËÏÊ ×ÉÒÔÕaÌØÎÏÇÏ ÐÉ×a, [Team PÅkÌaÍa Must Die]
ÐpÏÓÔÏ ÷éÔaÌØ AKA p...@got.mmtel.msk.su [Team FTN-Nets]
... Zed's Dead,Baby,Zed's Dead ...

VM> HÅ ÒÁÓÐÁÌÑÊÓÑ. üÔÏ ×ÉÒÕÓ ÌÅÇËÏ ÌÅÞÉÔÓÑ - ÚÁËÌÅÊËÏÊ ÚÁÝÉÔÙ ÏÔ
VM> ÚÁÐÉÓÉ.

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ÄÉÓË... üÔÏ ÆÜÊË?

P.S. ðpÉËÏÌ... HÅÄÁ×ÎÏ ÐÅp×ÙÊ pÁÚ Õ×ÉÄÅÌ 5' ÄÉÓËÅÔÕ R/O forever... :)

AS> Explain again:
AS> 1. Did he first erase it with ultraviolet light or write on top?
Neither one nor the other. He sprayed another layer and wrote everything there. ;))
AS> 2.Where did this virus supply the programming voltage? (at least 12
AS> volts) :)
So, damn it, this is our virus - our people and Boeing will get it out of your pocket. ;)))
AS> All: have you come across a virus that resolders boards? :)
I’m just finishing up work on this one. ;)))))
Well, this is all jokes, jokes. ;))) Now it’s serious.
AS> The worst thing that a stupid programmer who writes
AS> viruses in Sinclair can do is ruin the floppy disk!
That’s exactly what “that” does - he messes up the disk. Not lethal, but terribly unpleasant.

[....]

Get msg, Vitaliy!

15 Apr 97 20:35 -- Vitaliy Sircov told Vyacheslav Mednonogov about Last
Battle:

VS> At one time, I remember there were rumors about a program that managed to format
VS> a sealed disk... Is this fake?

IMHO, yes. For whoever claims otherwise, let him present evidence
:)

VS> P.S. It's funny... I recently saw a 5' floppy disk R/O forever for the first time... :)

To record it, the envelope is first unstuck, the disk is taken out and burned,
then inserted and sealed. This is fake.

Warm greetings, Slava.

IG> And what does he do? I've heard rumors about the existence of a program
IG> which, after activation, physically burns the LED on the disk drive.
IG> :-O

Have you heard of a virus that burns a hole in the keyboard? ;)

George

Tuesday April 15, 1997 20:32, Vitaliy Sircov wrote to Dmitry Grigoryev:

[missed...]

VS> Interesting option... ;) How was this implemented?
VS> I understand that he did something with the ROM? As far as I know, to work with ROM
VS> you need ultraviolet light (if I'm not confusing anything), so where did they get it inside the
VS> spec?

Actually, I already wrote about this a week ago ;) It doesn't burn anything - it's
simply unrealistic. It simply reads the disk directory every time it boots, remembers the checksum and compares it with the previous value. If the amount is different,
the counter adds. Deciding that the game has already been transferred from disk to disk enough, it crashes some BASIC file that satisfies certain
conditions (it didn’t spoil games with a monoloader, for some reason it first of all “inhabited” the Masma loader with STS, and then it stuck with ADM... I don’t know,
maybe it’s specifically looking for hacker software ;) The infected file should, in theory,
show a picture proving the authors' kRuToSt, but for some reason it didn't show
something they didn't think through to the end - I don't remember the details, it was a long time ago...

VS> just VITALE AKA p...@got.mmtel.msk.su [Team FTN-Nets]

Sincerely, Dmitry (OLDMAN).

VS> Reached out to AKA p...@got.mmtel.msk.su [Team FTN-Nets] Men (OLDMAN).

VS>> format the sealed disk... Is this a fake?
But there is no need for proof. Format to EU-1840 - EU-1841...

VM> IMHO, yes. For whoever claims the opposite, let him present
VM> evidence :)
See above... Ours is better than any evidence....

All the best, Evgeny. Fri Apr 18 1997 17:08.

IG>>> And what does he do? I've heard rumors about the existence of a program that
EM>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ like any normal virus, it multiplies.
IG>>> after activation, it physically burns the LED on the disk drive. :-O Without
EM>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cool !!!
EM>> This phrase is worthy of SU.HARD.CHAINIK (which is a branch of
EM>> HUMOR.FILTRED) ;)) In short, not believe these rumors.
IG>>> elements of reproduction, it seems. I haven’t seen it, I haven’t tried it. IMHO - this is not
IG>>> real.
EM>> Yeah, I thought so too - unreal. And I checked it - it’s very real.

Hello Andrew !

Wednesday April 16 1997 07:27, Andrew MOA ─── Vyacheslav Mednonogov:

VM>> Laugh-laugh, but due to the appearance of a large number of HDD controllers from
VM>> Zonov/MOA, no less number of viruses are expected, the most harmless of
VM>> of which will be simply reformat the HDD at a low level :))

AM> Well, thank God, this is impossible, but in principle... I wonder who on the
AM> Spectrum stage will undertake to be Lozinsky?
AM> :)
So, Kharkov "ZX-Power" seems to be like that. Although that was a long time ago.

Good luck! Evgeny.

VS>> working with ROM requires ultraviolet light (if I’m not confusing anything), so where
VS>> did they get it inside the spec?

DG> Actually, I already wrote about this a week ago ;)
Isn’t there an infected file left, it’s very interesting to look
at this virus.

DG> Sincerely, Dmitry (OLDMAN).
Bye! It was nice talking to Dmitry!

... Life is not as simple as it seems. It's much simpler!

Friday April 18, 1997 02:00, Maxim Polyanskiy wrote to Dmitry Grigoryev:

MP> Isn’t there an infected file left? It’s really interesting to look
MP> at this virus.

Why the file? Let's throw the whole game into the fae - infect it yourself ;) And the toy is
worthy.

MP> Bye! It was nice talking to Dmitry!

Sincerely, Dmitry (OLDMAN).

MAXI MEGATRAINER (+0)
^^^^ ^^^^

(c) Roller by MaxI

Let me answer yld Sunday, the 20 of April 1997:

Saturday April 19, 1997 13:26, Vitaliy Sircov wrote to Dmitry Grigoryev:

[missed...]

VS> I don’t know which controller is considered crooked, but on my GRM no one
VS> formatted anything
VS>... ;)

Well, that means you have a good controller, not crooked :) But still, try formatting the same track on a sealed disk like this
100 times in a row...

Hallo Vitaliy!

Tuesday April 15, 1997 18:34, Vitaliy Sircov wrote to Vyacheslav Mednonogov:

VM>> Don’t get excited. This virus can be easily treated by using a
VM>> write protection seal.

Hello Danil !

Sunday April 20 1997 21:32, Danil Ermakoff ─── Evgeny Milun:

[....]
EM>> This is a glitch of the Betta Disk Interface - the write protection signal comes from the
EM>> drive already _after_ the erase pulse was issued. Once or twice
EM>> will not do any harm, but if you do it multiple times in the same place, then...

DE> Guy, I checked this with an oscil in my hands! And until you provide
DE> the source code that does this, I think that you are driving! Of course, if the controller
DE> uses ICs from the trash heap, then the matter is different, then the virus with the LED
DE> will work :)
Well, first of all, dude. ;) I don’t know what you checked there, but the “write protection” signal from the drive to the controller is not supplied, which means that the disk drive still begins the erase/write operation and only then breaks off. There's no need to argue about this, just look at the diagram, that's all.
Secondly. IMHO, “chips from the trash heap” have nothing to do with it - then nothing
will work at all. I have a Scorpio, signature. What about you?
And thirdly. Who actually wrote such a program? They will kill him “without leaving the cash register.” ;))

Good luck! Evgeny.

Straight Out Of Hell I Write To You, George !!!
¥                                                                 €
±  George Shepelev wrote to Vitaliy Sircov - Answering:
«            €
[...]

VS>> P.S. ðpÉËÏÌ... HÅÄÁ×ÎÏ ÐÅp×ÙÊ pÁÚ Õ×ÉÄÅÌ 5' ÄÉÓËÅÔÕ R/O
VS>> forever... :)
GS> ñ ÔÁËÉÍÉ ÐÏÌØÚÕÀÓØ. ðÅÒÅÆÏÒÍÁÔÉÒÏ×ÁÌ Ó 360 ÎÁ 720 ËÉÌ É ÓËÉÄÙ×ÁÀ ÎÁ
GS> ÎÉÈ ÁÒÈÉ× ÜÔÏÊ ÜÈÉ ;) é ÎÉËÁËÏÇÏ forever...

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×ÍÅÛÁÔÅÌØÓÔ×Á...

Hello, Sergei!

It’s quiet outside the window, and I’m sitting and writing a response to a letter written from Sergei Novikov to
Dmitry Grigoryev Mon Apr 21 1997 at 17:39...

IG>>> which, after activation, physically burns the LED on the disk drive.
IG>>> :-O
GS>> Have you ever heard of a virus that burns a hole in the keyboard? ;)
RA> I heard about a virus that moves the mouse (in the sense not on the screen, but on
RA> the table)

And spreads by fax. :) However, this is already beyond off-topic, but I couldn’t resist. ;)

IG> There is no fekha coming to St. Petersburg from Moscow. :( And he doesn’t want to fix it. :(

What, it still doesn’t work? And the Z80 3.05 thrown in your direction three times never came? And the Spectrum 48 emulators for Windows and Chicago didn’t come either? But from
St. Petersburg everything comes to me normally. And this means that somewhere along the path
filehi in 5030 there is a diode :(

IG> With all sorts of regards and wishes.
IG> Igor.

Best wishes! Michael KLUG

IG>> And what does he do? I've heard rumors about the existence of a program
IG>> which, after activation, physically burns the LED on the disk drive.
IG>> :-O
GS> Have you heard of a virus that burns a hole in the keyboard? ;)

Let me answer yld Friday, the 25 of April 1997:

PV> Why did you all think that this virus was installed by the authors?

Nonsense. Someone already said that inside there is a message like “Now your cpu is
like PC - is also has a virus, written by the best group all over the world.
Guess, who it is! Yep, Hackers Squad.”

PV> Maybe these are their ill-wishers?!

;)))) Now it doesn’t seem like April 1st ;)

Hasta la vista, Pavel.

MM> Is it still not happening?

No. :(

MM> And the Z80 3.05 thrown in your direction three times never came?

No. :~(

MM> And the Spectrum 48 emulators for Windows and Chicago didn’t come either?

Ah-ah-ah! No. :~((

MM> But from Peter, everything is coming to me normally. And this means that
MM> somewhere along the path of the file there is a diode at 5030 :(

IMHO - at 2:5030/372.0, the one who is giving you good news. But these are just my vile
suspicions. For some reason he doesn’t respond to soap. :(( In any case to me :(