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!AWMar91/Goodies/CardBase/!cardbase/date
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.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Archimedes World » AW-1991-03.adf |
| Filename: | !AWMar91/Goodies/CardBase/!cardbase/date |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0362 bytes |
| Load address: | FFFFFF42 |
| Exec address: | AAED4441 |
File contents
| This is the virus file for !CardBase | Its effect is to set a time bomb which will | produce a message on a given date | Its purpose is to illustrate the need to make regular backups | To turn it off set the date below to an impossible date | such as 31 Feb | The date must always be in the form DD MMM | On the line below enter the trigger date 26 Sep | On the lines below place the virus messages, up to 10 | One per line I'm Sorry Dave I can not do that You are the victim of a time bomb virus built into the program and set for today You will get these messages all day today You are fortunate, this is a benine virus, it mearly gives messages This could be a virus that wipes files, formats disks or copys itself to other programs Viruses are one good reason for making a backup copy of your work frequently | Please leave this line for reference
00000000 7c 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 76 69 || This is the vi| 00000010 72 75 73 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 21 43 61 |rus file for !Ca| 00000020 72 64 42 61 73 65 0a 7c 20 49 74 73 20 65 66 66 |rdBase.| Its eff| 00000030 65 63 74 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 73 65 74 20 61 20 |ect is to set a | 00000040 74 69 6d 65 20 62 6f 6d 62 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 |time bomb which | 00000050 77 69 6c 6c 20 0a 7c 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 20 |will .| produce | 00000060 61 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 67 |a message on a g| 00000070 69 76 65 6e 20 64 61 74 65 0a 7c 20 49 74 73 20 |iven date.| Its | 00000080 70 75 72 70 6f 73 65 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 69 6c |purpose is to il| 00000090 6c 75 73 74 72 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 65 |lustrate the nee| 000000a0 64 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 72 65 67 75 6c 61 |d to make regula| 000000b0 72 20 62 61 63 6b 75 70 73 0a 7c 20 54 6f 20 74 |r backups.| To t| 000000c0 75 72 6e 20 69 74 20 6f 66 66 20 73 65 74 20 74 |urn it off set t| 000000d0 68 65 20 64 61 74 65 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 74 6f |he date below to| 000000e0 20 61 6e 20 69 6d 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 64 | an impossible d| 000000f0 61 74 65 0a 7c 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 33 31 |ate.| such as 31| 00000100 20 46 65 62 0a 7c 20 54 68 65 20 64 61 74 65 20 | Feb.| The date | 00000110 6d 75 73 74 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 62 65 20 69 |must always be i| 00000120 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 44 44 20 4d 4d |n the form DD MM| 00000130 4d 0a 7c 20 4f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 |M.| On the line | 00000140 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 |below enter the | 00000150 74 72 69 67 67 65 72 20 64 61 74 65 0a 32 36 20 |trigger date.26 | 00000160 53 65 70 0a 7c 20 4f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 6e |Sep.| On the lin| 00000170 65 73 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 74 |es below place t| 00000180 68 65 20 76 69 72 75 73 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 |he virus message| 00000190 73 2c 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 31 30 0a 7c 20 4f 6e |s, up to 10.| On| 000001a0 65 20 70 65 72 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 20 20 20 20 20 |e per line | 000001b0 20 20 20 0a 49 27 6d 20 53 6f 72 72 79 20 44 61 | .I'm Sorry Da| 000001c0 76 65 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 6e 6f 74 20 64 6f 20 |ve I can not do | 000001d0 74 68 61 74 0a 59 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 |that.You are the| 000001e0 20 76 69 63 74 69 6d 20 6f 66 20 61 20 74 69 6d | victim of a tim| 000001f0 65 20 62 6f 6d 62 20 76 69 72 75 73 20 62 75 69 |e bomb virus bui| 00000200 6c 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 |lt into the prog| 00000210 72 61 6d 20 61 6e 64 20 73 65 74 20 66 6f 72 20 |ram and set for | 00000220 74 6f 64 61 79 0a 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 67 |today.You will g| 00000230 65 74 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 |et these message| 00000240 73 20 61 6c 6c 20 64 61 79 20 74 6f 64 61 79 0a |s all day today.| 00000250 59 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 66 6f 72 74 75 6e 61 74 |You are fortunat| 00000260 65 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 62 65 6e |e, this is a ben| 00000270 69 6e 65 20 76 69 72 75 73 2c 20 69 74 20 6d 65 |ine virus, it me| 00000280 61 72 6c 79 20 67 69 76 65 73 20 6d 65 73 73 61 |arly gives messa| 00000290 67 65 73 0a 54 68 69 73 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 |ges.This could b| 000002a0 65 20 61 20 76 69 72 75 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 |e a virus that w| 000002b0 69 70 65 73 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2c 20 66 6f 72 6d |ipes files, form| 000002c0 61 74 73 20 64 69 73 6b 73 20 6f 72 20 63 6f 70 |ats disks or cop| 000002d0 79 73 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 74 6f 20 6f 74 68 |ys itself to oth| 000002e0 65 72 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 0a 56 69 72 75 |er programs.Viru| 000002f0 73 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 67 6f 6f 64 |ses are one good| 00000300 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 61 6b 69 | reason for maki| 00000310 6e 67 20 61 20 62 61 63 6b 75 70 20 63 6f 70 79 |ng a backup copy| 00000320 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 66 72 | of your work fr| 00000330 65 71 75 65 6e 74 6c 79 0a 7c 20 50 6c 65 61 73 |equently.| Pleas| 00000340 65 20 6c 65 61 76 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 6c 69 6e |e leave this lin| 00000350 65 20 66 6f 72 20 72 65 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 0a |e for reference.| 00000360 0a 0a |..| 00000362
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