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!VKiller/!Run

This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.

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Filename: !VKiller/!Run
Read OK:
File size: 0127 bytes
Load address: FFFFEB43
Exec address: 2B524A00
File contents
Set VKiller$Dir <Obey$Dir>
| Reset Obey$Dir to slow down spread of CeBit virus
Set Obey$Dir null:$
| Set Sys$Path to slow down spread of Thanatos virus
Set Sys$Path null:$
IconSprites <VKiller$Dir>.!Sprites
WimpSlot -min 80K -max 80K
If "<VKiller$Version>" < "2.30" Then <VKiller$Dir>.!RunImage
00000000  53 65 74 20 56 4b 69 6c  6c 65 72 24 44 69 72 20  |Set VKiller$Dir |
00000010  3c 4f 62 65 79 24 44 69  72 3e 0a 7c 20 52 65 73  |<Obey$Dir>.| Res|
00000020  65 74 20 4f 62 65 79 24  44 69 72 20 74 6f 20 73  |et Obey$Dir to s|
00000030  6c 6f 77 20 64 6f 77 6e  20 73 70 72 65 61 64 20  |low down spread |
00000040  6f 66 20 43 65 42 69 74  20 76 69 72 75 73 0a 53  |of CeBit virus.S|
00000050  65 74 20 4f 62 65 79 24  44 69 72 20 6e 75 6c 6c  |et Obey$Dir null|
00000060  3a 24 0a 7c 20 53 65 74  20 53 79 73 24 50 61 74  |:$.| Set Sys$Pat|
00000070  68 20 74 6f 20 73 6c 6f  77 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 73  |h to slow down s|
00000080  70 72 65 61 64 20 6f 66  20 54 68 61 6e 61 74 6f  |pread of Thanato|
00000090  73 20 76 69 72 75 73 0a  53 65 74 20 53 79 73 24  |s virus.Set Sys$|
000000a0  50 61 74 68 20 6e 75 6c  6c 3a 24 0a 49 63 6f 6e  |Path null:$.Icon|
000000b0  53 70 72 69 74 65 73 20  3c 56 4b 69 6c 6c 65 72  |Sprites <VKiller|
000000c0  24 44 69 72 3e 2e 21 53  70 72 69 74 65 73 0a 57  |$Dir>.!Sprites.W|
000000d0  69 6d 70 53 6c 6f 74 20  2d 6d 69 6e 20 38 30 4b  |impSlot -min 80K|
000000e0  20 2d 6d 61 78 20 38 30  4b 0a 49 66 20 22 3c 56  | -max 80K.If "<V|
000000f0  4b 69 6c 6c 65 72 24 56  65 72 73 69 6f 6e 3e 22  |Killer$Version>"|
00000100  20 3c 20 22 32 2e 33 30  22 20 54 68 65 6e 20 3c  | < "2.30" Then <|
00000110  56 4b 69 6c 6c 65 72 24  44 69 72 3e 2e 21 52 75  |VKiller$Dir>.!Ru|
00000120  6e 49 6d 61 67 65 0a                              |nImage.|
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