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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: 011C bytes
Load address: FFFFEB43
Exec address: 6D3961D7
Duplicates

There is 1 duplicate copy of this file in the archive:

File contents
Set VKiller$Dir <Obey$Dir>
| Reset Obey$Dir so that the CeBit virus can't propagate itself any further.
| Of course, this relies on there being no other apps run after !VKiller.
Set Obey$Dir null:$
IconSprites <VKiller$Dir>.!Sprites
WimpSlot -min 80K -max 80K
<VKiller$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 73 6f 20 74  |et Obey$Dir so t|
00000030  68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20  43 65 42 69 74 20 76 69  |hat the CeBit vi|
00000040  72 75 73 20 63 61 6e 27  74 20 70 72 6f 70 61 67  |rus can't propag|
00000050  61 74 65 20 69 74 73 65  6c 66 20 61 6e 79 20 66  |ate itself any f|
00000060  75 72 74 68 65 72 2e 0a  7c 20 4f 66 20 63 6f 75  |urther..| Of cou|
00000070  72 73 65 2c 20 74 68 69  73 20 72 65 6c 69 65 73  |rse, this relies|
00000080  20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 72  65 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20  | on there being |
00000090  6e 6f 20 6f 74 68 65 72  20 61 70 70 73 20 72 75  |no other apps ru|
000000a0  6e 20 61 66 74 65 72 20  21 56 4b 69 6c 6c 65 72  |n after !VKiller|
000000b0  2e 0a 53 65 74 20 4f 62  65 79 24 44 69 72 20 6e  |..Set Obey$Dir n|
000000c0  75 6c 6c 3a 24 0a 49 63  6f 6e 53 70 72 69 74 65  |ull:$.IconSprite|
000000d0  73 20 3c 56 4b 69 6c 6c  65 72 24 44 69 72 3e 2e  |s <VKiller$Dir>.|
000000e0  21 53 70 72 69 74 65 73  0a 57 69 6d 70 53 6c 6f  |!Sprites.WimpSlo|
000000f0  74 20 2d 6d 69 6e 20 38  30 4b 20 2d 6d 61 78 20  |t -min 80K -max |
00000100  38 30 4b 0a 3c 56 4b 69  6c 6c 65 72 24 44 69 72  |80K.<VKiller$Dir|
00000110  3e 2e 21 52 75 6e 49 6d  61 67 65 0a              |>.!RunImage.|
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