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From: pap@halley.Berkeley.EDU (Pierre Perret)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: MicroEmacs crypt mode question
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:53:39 GMT
Reply-To: pap@myths.az05.bull.com (Pierre Perret)
Organization: Bull HN Information Systems Inc., Phoenix Product Division

In article <PRICHARD.92Apr7075346@devon.larc.nasa.gov>,
prichard@devon.larc.nasa.gov writes:
> I am using MicroEmacs 3.11 on an IBM PC-XT clone.  I want to play around
> with the crypt mode, but haven't figured out how to get it to work.
> 
> example session; do "emacs file1", go start crypt mode with esc-E, give
> a encryption key, ^x^w to write buffer to file2.  but file2 is still
> readable.

M-E allows you to change the encryption key, but does not set the buffer
to CRYPT mode. You need to do ^X-M CRYPT<NL>. This should also cause an
encryption key prompt to appear when you do a file IO, if the key is not
defined yet.

- Pierre Perret -    Phone: (602) 862-5448   FAX: (602) 862-6105
                  Internet: pap@myths.az05.bull.com
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Newsgroups: comp.emacs
From: djn20624@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Danielson)
Subject: Backspace Key
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 22:01:36 GMT

	Is there some way to get the backspace key to actually be a backspace
key is emacs???  I usually work on an IBM type keyboard and the backspace
key will not delete a character in emacs.  I have to reach over and hit the
delete key very often (cause I make many mistakes while typing  :-)

	I heard that you need something like a 3 line script in your .emacs
file.  Does anyone know what those lines are to make the backspace key work??

						Thanks,
						   Dan.


djn20624@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: jazz@ksgbbs.harvard.edu ( jazz)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: bind.c file needed for 311a on SCO Xenix...
Summary: cc chokes on the bind.c file even after applying patches, etc...
Keywords: Xenix, Unix, MicroEmacs
Date: 11 Apr 92 13:47:50 GMT
Organization: Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, Cambridge


I've been trying to compile MicroEmacs 311 for some time now.  I got the
original sources from Dan's bulletin board and then ftp'd a set from simtel.
I applied all of the original patches and then later got a copy of the 
311a diffs.  No matter what patches have been applied I get a slew of 
errors including basic syntax errors when cc is trying to compile bind.c.
The first error it points to is the declaation of the first PASCAL NEAR
variable for getting to the help file.  I can't see the problem.  Does
anyone have a bind.c that works.  Even better, one that works on SCO
Xenix386/SysV.  If you've had this problem and have a bind.c that now
works from a non-Xenix system, that would be helpful also.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

Scott Samenfeld
Director, Computer Services
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

E-Mail: jazz@ksgbbs.harvard.edu
        scott@ksg1.harvard.edu
From: krab@iesd.auc.dk (Kresten Krab Thorup)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: auc-tex
Date: 30 Mar 92 22:57:18 GMT
Organization: Aalborg University, Denmark

>Hi, I just installed the latest auc-tex, and it seems quite nice but
>for one thing: it leaves those nasty .dvi, .aux, .log, etc. files
>lying around in your directory, instead of spiriting them off
>someplace where they can be cleaned up easily.

Actually it's TeX who makes those `nasty' files, and they *are*
actually needed. The ` .aux' stores your cross-references, `.dvi'
holds the actual product (to be printed or what-so-ever), and the
`.log' file is used by AUC TeX to help you find/describe the errors
that may have occured.
	At my site, we've made a small perl-script `cleanup' which
everyone runs as they log out (most people dont even know it :-). This
scrips checks for files that match a certain pattern, like `*.log'
etc, and removes them if they are older than some date.   This is
quite usefull, I can mail you a copy if you'd like.

>It almost looks like this is configurable, but not quite (they
>threaten you in the comments).  Can auc-tex provide this facility?

This `feature' is not provided, and I suppose will never be.

/Kresten
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From: rshouman@chpc.utexas.edu (Radey Shouman)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: finding display from inside emacs
Date: 13 Apr 92 21:03:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: chpc.1992Apr13.210347.18343
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC

While running emacs under X, I would like to be able to get the value
of the -display parameter that emacs was called with, so that I can,
for example, put it into the process-environment variable.  I haven't 
been able to find any convenient, elisp way to do this.  Any help would
be appreciated.

--Radey
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Radey Shouman					rshouman@chpc.utexas.edu
From: n13@krypton.Mankato.msus.edu (Leonard J. Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: What PURESIZE value will work best?
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:01:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: krypton.N13.92Apr8150141
Distribution: comp
Organization: Mankato State University.


	I've only been reading this group for about three weeks now, so I've
probably missed the answer to my question, so if this is old, bare with
me.

	Is there any easy way to determine what the PURESIZE value should
be set at if you know about how many different elisp packages will be running
on emacs?  For example, I'm sure the default size works well for Joe User
who, at best, run GNUS and DIRED at the same time, but what about Bob-elisp-
hacker who usualy has a shell, two clients, GNUS, DIRED, seven files, and
a compiliation going all at the same time?  Does anyone have any advise
on how big PURESIZE should be in relation to how much you're doing?

	Many thanks in advance.

Leonard Schmidt
n13@krypton.mankato.msus.edu
From: ryu@netg.ksp.fujixerox.co.jp (Ryu Inada)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Does anyone make ASN.1 mode for Emacs ?
Date: 7 Apr 92 09:52:00 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan


Dear Emacs gurus.

I currently make OSI application on ISODE. And writing ASN.1 with pepsy.

Does anyone make ASN.1 mode for Emacs ?

Thanks in advance.
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Newsgroups: comp.emacs
From: rshouman@chpc.utexas.edu (Radey Shouman)
Subject: Re: finding display from inside emacs
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 22:30:29 GMT

In article <JCT.92Apr14121710@se33.wg2.waii.com> thompson@se01.wg2.waii.com writes:
]In article <1992Apr13.210347.18343@chpc.utexas.edu> rshouman@chpc.utexas.edu (Radey Shouman) writes:
]
]] While running emacs under X, I would like to be able to get the value
]] of the -display parameter that emacs was called with, so that I can,
]] for example, put it into the process-environment variable.  I haven't 
]] been able to find any convenient, elisp way to do this.  Any help would
]] be appreciated.
]
]Why not put the display in the environment before running emacs?  That
]way the display variable will automagically find its way into
]process-environment.  In other words, instead of
]
]	xemacs -display foo:0.0
]
]run
]
]	env DISPLAY=foo:0.0 xemacs
]
]or (csh)
]
]	setenv DISPLAY foo:0.0
]	xemacs
]
]Not exactly what you asked for, but then... what do you want for
]nothin'?
]
]Jim
]--
]   _    Jim Thompson           | What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter
] _| ~-  thompson@wg2.waii.com  | if he were like a man, but if he is an     
] \,  _} Western Geophysical    | immense spinning sphere of methane and     
]   \(   Houston, Texas         | ammonia must be silent? --Richard P. Feynman


This is what I've been doing, and, really, it's not so bad.  I just
thought that there might be a neater way of doing it, that didn't
depend on how emacs had been called. 

Some people have, via email, helpfully pointed out the variable
command-line-args, which contains the arguments that emacs was called
with.  For some reason, however, the -display argument doesn't seem to
be among them. 

--Radey

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Radey Shouman					rshouman@chpc.utexas.edu
From: jct@se33.wg2.waii.com (Jim Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: finding display from inside emacs
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:17:10 GMT
Reply-To: thompson@se01.wg2.waii.com
Organization: Western Geophysical Exploration Products
In-reply-to: rshouman@chpc.utexas.edu's message of 13 Apr 92 21:03:47 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.210347.18343@chpc.utexas.edu> rshouman@chpc.utexas.edu (Radey Shouman) writes:

> While running emacs under X, I would like to be able to get the value
> of the -display parameter that emacs was called with, so that I can,
> for example, put it into the process-environment variable.  I haven't 
> been able to find any convenient, elisp way to do this.  Any help would
> be appreciated.

Why not put the display in the environment before running emacs?  That
way the display variable will automagically find its way into
process-environment.  In other words, instead of

	xemacs -display foo:0.0

run

	env DISPLAY=foo:0.0 xemacs

or (csh)

	setenv DISPLAY foo:0.0
	xemacs

Not exactly what you asked for, but then... what do you want for
nothin'?

Jim
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   _    Jim Thompson           | What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter
 _| ~-  thompson@wg2.waii.com  | if he were like a man, but if he is an     
 \,  _} Western Geophysical    | immense spinning sphere of methane and     
   \(   Houston, Texas         | ammonia must be silent? --Richard P. Feynman
From: GROSSER@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Grosser Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: HELP !!! FRANKIE-VIRUS and ALADIN ('ST)
Date: 9 Apr 92 07:38:28 GMT

Help !!! Help !!! Help !!!
Is there anyone using ALADIN 3.0 on the ST??

Is there anyone who has experience with the horrible FRANKIE
virus-infection??  The FRANKIE virus begins his work after about 15 to
30 minutes.  There is a message: " Frankie says: no more piracy" and
the system crashed. After that time you usually changed a few discs
and the virus is everywhere and you have to clean up the whole system.
Is there any ANTI-Virus for this bullshit FRANKIE-virus on ST
available.

please answer
martin
From: swimmer@stage.hanse.de (Morton Swimmer)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: The cost of Michelangelo (PC)
Date: 10 Apr 92 16:19:53 GMT

CHESS@YKTVMV.BITNET (David.M.Chess) writes:
> >course not) or what?
>
> Actually, it *is* a fluke in some sense.  How well a virus spreads
> seems to have very little to do with any qualities of the virus.  As

Underline this twice!

> It would be interesting to know what event caused the Michelangelo to
> become widespread in the population, when other basically-equivalent

Well, Michelangelo profited from the lack of quality assurance at
various disk production locations worldwide. It "got lucky". Whatever
else people say, I think it was a good thing to warn people of the
virus. I just wish there hadn't been all that media hype. *sigh*

> P.S. I've claimed this on VIRUS-L before, and at least one person held
> that I was wrong, and that "higher tech" viruses were not common
> simply because they hadn't been around long enough.  We concluded that

If it makes you happy: I'm on your side, David.

Cheers, morton
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From: mcafee@netcom.com (McAfee Associates)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: McAfee V89B anti-virals uploaded to SIMTEL20 (PC)
Date: 3 Apr 92 23:36:58 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev) writes:
>mcafee@netcom.com (McAfee Associates) writes:
>
>>      Version 0.4 of VALIDATE has been released.  This version is able
>> to validate the software after the /SAVE switch has been used to store
>> options in SCAN and VSHIELD.  (VALIDATE.COM is included in the .ZIP
>
>Does this mean that VALIDATE is now specific to your products only and
>cannot be used to validate other programs?

No, the new VALIDATE program works the same with other programs.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
McAfee Associates Technical Support
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From: SINGH_HA@BENTLEY.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Viruses from DIR Command (PC)
Date: 9 Apr 92 02:53:00 GMT

Hi!

>for this disk), did a Dir, deleted the student's assignment files, then ran
>F-Prot on the A drive.  I had previously confirmed the infection at school
>with F-prot.  F-prot said "The Stoned virus search pattern has been found
>in memory..."

I had a similar problem about a month back, and thanks to everyone who
responded.  I found that this occurred only with DOS 5.0.  As my
understanding of Boot Sector Infectors was the same as this Scot's, I
was highly surprised at the scanning results after a DIR.

Maybe this can be added to the FAQ.  To answer Scot's question, DOS
stores the Boot sector information in the buffers, and that triggers
F-Prot.  Having researched this a lot, I can add that this only occurs
if you are using DOS 5.0 (have tried DOS 3.2, and 3.3)

What I realized was that after upgrading to DOS 5.0 at home, I had
never come across an infected disk (can you believe that?!).  I always
scan the disks in the labs before taking them home (Labs use DOS 3.30,
and thus I never had this problem earlier.  Only clean disks make it
to my home).  Anyway we have a very clean environment over here,
having a site licence from Frisk.

Secondly, Does anyone know of a site where detailed information about
a particular virus?  That's the reason I wasn't able to send copies of
my Joshi to the guys who requested; I don't know in which sectors
Joshi stores itself (didn't wanna send an image of the whole disk).

A couple of comments about VET.  I think it seems to be pretty neat
program, and Vesselin might be being too critical about it.  In hands
of a Novice, it can cause problems, but so can a disinfector, or
programs like SAFEMBR.  What about Hueristic analysis!  (not to add
false positives to it)  All these programs can only work in the hands
a power user, and so will VET.

Harpreet Singh                              Singh_Harp@Bentley.BitNet
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   own personality, resulting in a conclusion based as much on
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From: TALFARO@UCRVM2.BITNET (Trino Alfaro Castillo, Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Anti-virus software info wanted (PC)
Date: 3 Apr 92 04:02:39 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Hello:
      I would like to know if there is a software for cleaning viruses
from PC computers better than SCAN 92 or CPAV but smaller than 1 mega-
byte ?
   Thanks in advance,          Trino Alfaro Castillo, Jr.
From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Elated virus (PC)
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:36:58 GMT

wjh0265@tamsun.tamu.edu (William Hobson) writes:

> Has anyone heard of a virus called 'Elated'.  The victim claims to
> have been infected by this virus and said that VSHIELD reported it.
> This virus is not listed in any information I have and I have no idea
> of removal procedures.  Thanks for any info you have.

Hm, this sounds more like a bug in VSHield... Maybe it's trying to
display information about a "xxx rELATED" virus... And, please, read
the FAQ list about how to report possible virus infections and what
kind of information to supply...

Regards,
Vesselin
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From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Removing BS viruses with McAfee CLEAN (PC).
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:21:03 GMT

pjs@mulga.cs.mu.oz.au (Peter Stuckey) writes:

> POSTED for Roger Riordan
> - --------------------------------------

> Occasionally we would find Stoned/Brain/Stoned.  If you run CLEAN
> repeatedly on such a disk you will get the two viruses
> alternately for ever, but no warning that the disk is still
> infected.  IF you use CLEAN to remove a BS virus ALWAYS run SCAN
> again to make sure the disk is really clean.

In fact, I strongly advise the users to do so even when dealing with
file infectors. Just for the same reason, CLEAN will remove only the
- -last- virus in the file. If there are more, you must run SCAN again,
then Clean again, and so on. The worst case I have seen was a system
infected with Yankee Doodle, Murphy, and Terror. All of them are
resident and infect on file execution. The program MODE.COM (which is
normally about 300 bytes) had become so large that it was not possible
to load it... Of course, in such cases it better not to waste your
time with the endless SCAN/CLEAN procedure...

Regards,
Vesselin
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From: HODGE@astro.pc.ab.com (24893, HODGE,ROBERT E.)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Vlad the Inhaler? (Win 3.1 upgrade) (PC)
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:28:00 GMT

dmarcher@acsu.buffalo.edu (Dave Archer) writes:
>   I upgraded to Windows 3.1, and had an interesting problem.  My D:
> drive got semi-trashed and I saw that a task with the title "Vlad the
> Inhaler" was running.  (Saw Vlad while using Alt-Tab to switch
> windows, trying to bring it up gave me the problems accessing D: that
> I started having.)
>
>   While the D: problem is perhaps a problem with Win 3.1, Stacker, a
> SCSI drive with an ST-02 interface, and the new SmartDrive, this Vlad
> the Inhaler thing is a bit odd.
>
>   I was thinking that it might be some screensaver that comes with Win
> 3.1, but I looked at the screen savers, and it's not one of them.
>
>   I don't know what it is, so I ask, anybody know?  At this time I
> don't think it's a virus, but until I find out what it is, it's a
> possibility.

  That phrase, "Vlad the Inhaler", shows up in the file NWRES.DLL, which
is part of the Norton Desktop program.  (At least on my system.)
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From: perry@eugene.gal.utexas.edu (John Perry)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: New files on eugene again! (PC)
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:26:17 GMT

The following files have been added to eugene.gal.utexas.edu
(129.109.9.21) and will be posted on beach.gal.utexas.edu as soon as
possible.

FIXUTIL2.ZIP
FULLVIEW.ZIP
HTSCAN16.ZIP
TBRESC17.ZIP
TBSCAN32.ZIP
TBSCNX30.ZIP
VSIG9201.ZIP

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From: SLINE@ITHACA.BITNET (Dan Sline)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Nightline on Michelangelo (PC)
Date: 13 Apr 92 04:39:00 GMT


     I apologize for posting this summary to the net so late but here
is a basic summary of the Nightline on Michelangelo several weeks ago.

     A few people have asked me how to get a hold of a copy of the
tape.  The phone number they gave at the end of the show was
1-800-ABC-9420 to order copies of the tape.

The information part of the show:

     Basically the show talked about how viruses spread.  The show
also mentioned that New Jersey Institute of Technology and other
institutions were hit.  John Mcafee confirmed that a virus threat does
exist.  They stereotyped virus writers as being white 14-28 years old
who have serious emotional problems.  They talked about the Morris
case.

The discussion part of the show:

     In a nutshell, the discussion part of the show had the panelists
discuss some of the laws governing viruses (Including the Morris
case), and why these laws are necessary.  They also discussed what
kind of laws need to be written because people will try to circumvent
the law and violate some other principle (as well as sentencing
guidelines).  They discussed what other common other problems that
users made (like accidently deleting an important file) that are not
viruses that the general public is not aware of.  Finally, they talked
about if notices should be given to the public if the bank has some
catastrophe happen (ie.  a virus, deleting an important file with all
of the customers information on it in a bank).

     I hope this information helped,

     Dan Sline

     Bitnet:  Sline@Ithaca
     Internet:Sline@Ithaca.bitnet
     Compuseve:71161,1455

     Disclaimer:    The views expressed are my own.
From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Virus surving format (PC)
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:53:45 GMT

michael.blackwell@f820.n680.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Michael Blackwell) writes:

> In a recent arcticle [New Scientist no.1813 p48] the author stated
> "...some viruses may transfer from floppy to hard disk DURING
> FORMATTING" {caps mine}.

> As far as my little knowledge tells me, this cannot be. I h ave yet to

It depends on what the original author meant... If you boot from an
infected floppy and format the (non-infected) hard disk you can be
sure that you'll transfer the virus to it.

Regards,
Vesselin
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From: SINGH_HA@BENTLEY.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Norton Optlink... (PC)
Date: 11 Apr 92 19:22:00 GMT

I wrote :
>pre-release) skipped them during a SECURE scan, all except NORTON.EXE
>and NHELP.EXE  (the integrator, and the help-engine).  These were not
>expanded by the installation routine.  However, I didn't try the

Just read the above message, and Sorry, I didn't make myself clear.
The files that were skipped in the scan were NORTON.EXE and NHELP.EXE,
and these were the ones that were not expanded by the installation
program.  The other files were expanded and were scanned as
not-infected by the Secure scan.

The Heuristics scan DOES give the message "...moves itself in
memory....suspicious..." even on expanded files, and I guess that's
what Vesselin meant by his statement {and I thought Vesselin doesn't
even look at Heuristic scans :) }.  However, the Heuristic scan does
skip Non-expanded files.

Harpreet Singh                              Singh_Harp@Bentley.BitNet
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"..A person fills in the missing pieces of the puzzle with his
   own personality, resulting in a conclusion based as much on
   instinct and intuition as on fact"
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