News Archives from 2000 (Jan 01 - Dec 31, 2000)
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31 December 2000 - Latest News On New Amiga trojan found !!!
Virus Help Denmark reports "There is some more info about the trojan
that was found on the 27'th of December, we now know the name of the
archive "dcs-4k.lha", and we know that the demo group has nothing to
do with this. We also know that it is the same guy from Blackpool,
England, (We have both a name and an adress), that released the other
trojan "dkg-blum.lha". Maybe he is angry, that Santa forgot him this
year.... Who can blame Santa for that :-)
28 December 2000 - VHT-DK Report: Another New Amiga trojan found !!!
Virus Help Denmark reports in part, "Today we recived a new 'lame'
trojan. This trojan will delete your "sys:" if you run the program.
At this time non of the anti-virus programs can detect this trojan,
but in the next update they will be known.". Please see VHT-Denmark
or follow the link above for the viruswarning, called vht-dk93.lha.
* Click here for VHT-DK Virus Warning vht-dk93 Readme
* Subscribe online to the Virus Warnings Announcement list.
19 December 2000 - VHT-DK Report: New Amiga trojan found !!!
Virus Help Denmark reports in part, "Today we recived a new 'lame'
trojan. This trojan will only execute it self if you have named
your hard-disk "DH0" & "DH1"." The trojan is spread in and archive
with the name "DKG-BLUM.LHA"." Please see VHT-Denmark or follow
the link above for the viruswarning, called vht-dk92.lha, here at
Virus Help Team Canada. For virus alerts from vht-dk issued before
Dec 19th, 2000, please see the VirusWarning.Guide v3.1 on the
downloads page.
* Click here for VHT-DK Virus Warning vht-dk92 Readme
13 December 2000 - xpkmaster.library v5.2a User Package Released
Dirk Stoecker released the latest XPK sharware library. New in this
compression package, user edition v5.2a: added work-around to fix bug
of OS3.5 installer. The latest version can be found on the downloads
page, or just follow the above link.
05 December 2000 - xadmaster.library v9.0 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest XAD sharware library. There are
now, three seperate archives to choose from, each one packed for
your specific CPU. They can all be found on the downloads page
by following the library links. The older version has been moved
to the Archives Section.
xadmaster.library [000]
xadmaster.library [020]
xadmaster.library [060]
03 December 2000 - Amiga OS3.9 Almost Ready To Hit The Shelves
Amiga Inc. has announced that it ships Amiga OS 3.9 on December 4, just
in time for the holidays! They have recently opened their 3.9 pages,
and you can read up on the features, price and requirements, etc.
29 November 2000 - New Amiga World Posted
Amiga.org says Amiga Inc. has posted Issue #4 of Amiga World, which
discusses Amiga's new SHEEP scripting language and the d'Amiga developer
machine, and includes a profile of Vince Pfeifer, Amiga's vice president
of operations.
29 November 2000 - Executive Update 20001122
Amiga.org says Bill has broken the silence and posted a new executive
update. The update covers AmigaOS 3.9, the AmigaDE/SDK (update coming
soon) and the World Of Amiga 2000 show.
26 November 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.08 Available.
The archive is named VirusExecutor208.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites, with the possible exception of the Teams in
Norway or The Netherlands. The update should also be available on Aminet
within the next 24 hours. Changes in this new release is found in the
readme file. The VEPatchBrain has been updated to v1.25 in this release.
25 November 2000 - VEPatchBrain v1.24 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.24, for his viri
checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can be used with any
VE 2.xx version. The archive is named VEPatchBrain124.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on VHT Denmark's website right now,
or wait about 24 hours and get it from Aminet. Changes since last version
are found in the readme file.
24 November 2000 - AmigaONE Forum at Amiga.com Closing
This was posted at the AmigaONE discussion forum, on 23-Nov-2000:
Name: Webmaster
E-Mail: webmaster@amiga.com
Date/Time: 11/23/2000 10:09 AM
Subject: Forum closing
As you are all aware, over the past few days and on numerous
occasions there has been a substancial quantity of offensive
material posted on this discussion board. In order to preserve the
integrity of this forum, and uphold the reputation of the Amiga in
general, this forum will be closing indefinately from 12:00am
December 1st 2000. It is with sadness that I tell you this, but I
feel that the evidence speeks for itself. The AmigaONE forum was
set-up to deal with AmigaONE discussions, not this slanderous talk
that we have been putting up with. There are other Amiga forums
though. Visit www.amiga.org, where there is a spam-free forum.
Regards, the Webmaster.
21 November 2000 - VEPatchBrain v1.23 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.23, for his viri
checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can be used with any
VE 2.xx version. The archive is named VEPatchBrain123.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on VHT Denmark's website right now,
or wait about 24 hours and get it from Aminet. Changes since last version
are found in the readme file.
21 November 2000 - Amiga-News.de Has New Server
Amiga-news (English) http://www.amiga-news.de/en/
has changed url's. There is also a new link for Amiga Link Directory.
19 November 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.07 Available.
The archive is named VirusExecutor207.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites, with the possible exception of the Teams in
Norway or The Netherlands. The update should also be available on Aminet
within the next 24 hours. Changes in this new release is found in the
readme file. The VEPatchBrain has been updated to v1.22 in this release.
Also the quit message, when wanting to use a NTSC HiRes screen has
changed. Nice change! Thanks Jan.
16 November 2000 - VEPatchBrain v1.21 Version Number Conflict
As we reported yesterday, there appears to be a possible version number
conflict, from within the VE program. I have since gotten an explanation
from Jan, the programmer of VEPatchBrain. Jan Erik Olausen reports
"I just forgot to compile the file after changing the revison number...
There will soon be a version 1.22 with new patches and I will get it
right this time :)" So, stay tuned to this news page, and we will
announce the new VEPatchBrain v1.22 when released.
15 November 2000 - PatchBrain v1.21 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.21, for his viri
checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can be used with any
VE 2.xx version. The archive is named VEPatchBrain121.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on Aminet and available at the
other Virus Help Teams around the world. There appears to be a possible
version number conflict, from within the VE program. When issuing the
version command for the PatchBrain from the shell, I get the proper
version 1.21, but when VirusExecutor starts up, the About Box, says
the brain is version 1.20. I will be asking Jan about this.
13 November 2000 - GeekGadgets FTP Has Moved
This happened a while back, but some people may not realize the GG
ftp repository has moved. to ftp.geekgadgets.org. GeekGadgets welcome
message states that all transfers are logged with your host name and
email address. The GG ftp site can be found at ftp://ftp.geekgadgets.org/.
04 November 2000 - Safe v14.4 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest freeware
virus dicovering system. Safe informs about attack and removes
virus from memory if possible. The archive is named Safe144.lha,
and can be found on the downloads page. New in v14.4 is the
several mistakes fixed in the documentation, thanks to
Bob Eron.
04 November 2000 - Signed Amigart Tribute To Petro
When I went to sign the Tribute to Petro, I noticed there were
a few other Canadians that had wished him well.
04 November 2000 - Amiga.org News Updates
2000-11-03 Amigart Tribute To Petro
Amigart has created a Tribute To Petro page where you can enter a
message for Petro. For those who do not already know, Petro will
be leaving at the end of the year.
2000-11-02 Petro Retires
After many years of service to Amiga, Petro has called it quits.
At the end of this year Petro will retire from Amiga and Amiga
Germany will close its doors as its inventory runs out. I think
all we can say is thanks Petro and the best of luck in your
future.
31 October 2000 - Amiga.org News Updates
2000-10-30 Amiga - Back with a Future!
Craig Delahoy, a fellow AAC member has posted a great and very
detailed show report from ACE2000 which covers all the major
announcements. Oh, and it also has a screenshot of Photogenics for
AmigaDE.
29 October 2000 - Amiga.org News Updates
2000-10-28 SDK 1.01 Update Now Available
Its arrived, the first update to the SDK. To download the update
login to the site using your support network ID and click on the
developer or beta-tester tab and then SDK Updates. Select the
update link and your download will begin. If you have any issues,
please contact support@amigadev.net.
2000-10-26 MUI 3.9 for MorphOS
There appears to be a beta of MUI for MorphOS. You can download it
from the MorphOS filearea.
29 October 2000 - AmigaSDK For Windows Is Available
The AmigaSDK for windows is now available for purchase from Amigas
website. Visit AmigaSDK website.
29 October 2000 - Amiga.com Announces The AmigaOne.
On October 21, 2000, in Melbourne, Australia, Amiga announced
the first new Amiga hardware in over 6 years. Read the complete
AmigaOne Announcement.
29 October 2000 - Latest News From Amiga.com
The latest news articles are
* Amiga announced plans for its new specs for the AmigaDE
* A Note to the Community on the passing of Bob "Coz" Cosby
29 October 2000 - Executive Update Posted Oct 21, 2000
Regarding Amiga OS 3.9, updates to the Software Development Kit,
and the AmigaOne. Read Bill McEwen Exec Update here.
24 October 2000 - PatchBrain v1.20 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.20, for his viri
checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can be used with any
VE 2.xx version. The archive is named VEPatchBrain120.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on Aminet. It should shortly be
available at the other Virus Help Teams around the world.
12 October 2000 - Amiga Inc. New Executive Update
Amiga.com's Executive Update can be found under the Oct 9th date,
at the heading Regarding the Software Development Kit.
12 October 2000 - News About The New Amiga ADE.
Amiga Inc. is sharing the vision of the new Amiga Digital Environment
by revealing precisely its important purpose, amazing advantages, and
exciting future. More at Want to Know What Amiga is All About?
04 October 2000 - d'AMIGA Demostration at Amiga.info Meeting
On October the 18th, the Amiga user group Amiga.info, will be
having Wonder Computers demonstrating the new Amiga developer
machine, d'AMIGA, along with the SDK software. If you are
interested in the new AmigaDE, and have yet to purchase the SDK,
then please visit this meeting. Further details about these, vitit
Amiga.info Developer Meeting, or d'AMIGA Developers Workstation.
04 October 2000 - Safe v14.3 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest freeware
virus dicovering system. Safe informs about attack and removes
virus from memory if possible. The archive is named Safe143.lha,
and can be found on the downloads page. New in v14.3 is the
addition of the spanish language to installer script, thanks to
Damaso D. Estevez, and some small fixes.
01 October 2000 - PatchBrain v1.19 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Released on Sept 27, 2000. Jan Erik Olausen has released a new
PatchBrain v1.19 for his viri checking program VirusExecutor. This
brain file can be used with any VE 2.xx version. The archive is
named VEPatchBrain119.lha, and can be found on the downloads page,
and on Aminet. It should shortly be available at the other Virus Help
Teams around the world.
26 September 2000 - PatchBrain v1.18 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
Released. Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.18
for his viri checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can
be used with any 2.xx version. Changes since last version - Jan
added IconTrace. The archive is named VEPatchBrain118.lha, and can
be found on the downloads page, and on Aminet. It should shortly
be available at the other Virus Help Teams around the world.
Note: VirusExecutor v2.06 contains PatchBrain v1.18, so if you have
already installed Jan's latest version, then you do not need
this file.
25 September 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.06 Available.
The archive is named VirusExecutor206.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites or on Aminet within the next 24 hours,
if by chance someone is doing uploads to Aminet, while Jan Anderson
of VHT-DK is on holidays. Changes since last version 2.06 - Jan
fixed faulty lib versions, when starting VE if the 'Fast startup'
flag was off. Thanks Jan!
24 September 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.05 Pref Settings.
If you are getting messages on startup of VE, that says you need
to update your libraries, and you know you have the latest ones
installed, then here is a tip from Jan Erik Olausen, programmer
of VirusExecutor. Jan says: for now, turn on the fast startup
flag from the prefs menu.
23 September 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.05 Available.
The archive is named VirusExecutor205.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites or on Aminet within the next 24 hours,
if by chance someone is doing uploads to Aminet, while Jan Anderson
of VHT-DK is on holidays. In regards to the new VE v2.05, I ran into
a couple of statup messages that were telling me I had old libraries,
and the About information is not reading the version numbers of my
libraries properly. But once the program is loaded, and goes through
its checks, the About Menu item, has the correct library versions.
23 September 2000 - Jan Andersen of VHT-DK on Holidays.
Jan said "After a very cold summer in Denmark, we are of to Rhodos
(Greece) for a week of great sunshine, cold beer and lots of peace....
I'll be back on Tuesday the 3 of October." VHT-Canada, wishes him
and his, a super-great and safe holiday.
22 September 2000 - Amiga Watchdog Is Back.
Amiga Watchdog is back, and now reworked to be fully compatible
with all browsers! AmigaWatchDogTM's is the original concept of
Daniel Hutchinson. Find out what customers are saying about Amiga
Retailers. Get the low down on retailers before buying online.
AmigaWatchDogTM is devoted to making sure Amiga users make the
right choice when buying products from a retailer. It aims to
expose shoddy companies for what they are and congratulate those
companies that excel. Visit Amiga Watchdog
21 September 2000 - MeterNet Teams with Amiga.
Amiga.com announces this new relationship with MeterNet, to
develop SimpleBox Internet Devices for Broadband. Unlike other
currently available devices, the SimpleBoxJID powered by Amiga
contains an authorized Sun Virtual Machine, a high performance,
memory efficient solution for running Java technology based
media content. MeterNet and Amiga are also developing a low
cost Internet Radio Device for worldwide consumer markets
targeted for release in early 2001. Visit Amiga.com for the
complete announcement at MeterNet Teams with Amiga.
17 September 2000 - Safe v14.2 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe142.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
17 September 2000 - VirusWarning.Guide v3.1 Available.
A new update of VirusWarning.guide has been released today, by
Virus Help Denmark. They have added all the last viruswarnings,
and the code has been cleaned a lot and also added a few new
things. The archive is named vht-vg31.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. This guide contains all virus alerts from
VHT-DK issued prior to Sept 17th, 2000. For ongoing virus and
worm alerts, please see the Virus Alerts page.
07 September 2000 - Safe v14.0 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe140.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
07 September 2000 - Amiga.com - Taifun Video and
Animation Special F/X Software Announced. Amiga announced
First Wildfire, Now Taifun. They say WK Artworks and KDH
Datentechnik announced on Sept 1st, that they have launched
the development of Taifun for the new Amiverse, AmigaOne and
all Amigable Computers. Taifun is the successor product to the
award-winning video and animation special effects software
Wildfire 7\PPC. The new software product is currently being
developed using the Amiga Software Development Kit (SDK) and
is making great progress. Visit Amiga.com for the articles
link at http://www.amiga.com/
03 September 2000 - xadmaster.library v8.0 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest sharware library. The
archive is named xadmaster80.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page. The older version has been moved to the
Archives Section.
03 September 2000 - Amiga - CheckX v1.79 Available
Dirk Stöcker released his latest version of CheckX. The
archive is named checkx179.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
03 September 2000 - xfdmaster.library v1.34 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest xfd library. The archive is
named xfdmaster134.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
The older version has been moved to the Archives Section.
03 September 2000 - VirusExecutor v2.04 beta Available
The archive is named VirusExecutor204.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. You can also find the new update on all the
Virus Help Team's websites or on Aminet within the next 24 hours,
thanks to Jan Anderson of the Virus Help Denmark.
31 August 2000 - Amiga.com - Hyperion Entertainment
Is Bringing The Coolest Games To The New Amiga
Amiga.com announced yesterday, that renowned game developer,
Hyperion, who brought Heretic II to Amiga, has announced a
long-term partnership with Amiga to bring leading-edge game
titles to the Amiverse. For the complete story, and the
initial list of titles being developed for Amiverse, visit
http://www.amiga.com/
29 August 2000 - 8x8 - Motaba-3, link virus found
Virus Help Denmark reports that today they received information
from about an infected archive that was on Aminet and has
been released on Aminet CD-38. This archive is infected with
the linkvirus named by xvs.library v33.23, '8x8 virus' and
named by VT-Schutz v3.17 as 'Motaba-3 virus'. Please see the
Virus Warning Page, here at VHT-Canada, for the updated
warnings, called vht-dk90.lha and vht-dk91.lha.
* Click here for VHT-DK Virus Warning vht-dk90 Readme
* Click here for VHT-DK Virus Warning vht-dk91 Readme
27 August 2000 - Safe v13.9 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe139.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
27 August 2000 - Amiga.com - IBM DeveloperWorks Gives
Amiga Software Development Kit a Thumbs Up.
Amiga.com announcement says In the second part of a series at
the IBM DeveloperWorks Linux Library, the Amiga SDK is examined.
The piece exposes the raw cross-platform power of the new Amiga
Digital Environment. Visit Amiga.com for the articles link at
http://www.amiga.com/
22 August 2000 - HiSOFT Summersavers Final Offers
One week left for the sale, and there are more discounts.
o The Official Octamed 6 CD (Amiga) 1.95 GBP
o Devpac 3 (Amiga) 12.95 GBP
o Sisys 2.1 Remote Amiga with free Termite comms
s/w (Amiga) 9.95 GBP
Summersavers Sale address - http://www.hisoft.co.uk/
25 August 2000 - Amiga.com - Ruksun Software Techologies
Joins Forces with Amiga. The progressive software firm is taking
advantage of Amiga's hardware-agnostic Digital Environment in
porting its two flagship products, Messenger Force and IMAP
Force. For the complete article from Amiga.com, visit
http://www.amiga.com/corporate/082400-ruksun.shtml
23 August 2000 - Amiga.com - Amiga Works with Red Hat
to Provide the Foundation of the New Digital Content Universe.
On Aug 22nd, Amiga.com announced that Amiga and Red Hat are
working togather to provide the foundation for exciting games
and consumer content for the desktop, set-top-box, game console,
and handheld markete. To read more on what Amiga.com has to say,
visit http://www.amiga.com/corporate/082200-redhat.shtml
22 August 2000 - HiSOFT Summersavers New Offers
HiSOFT announced on Aug 21, to compensate for the sell-outs,
of some items, they've added the following Amiga items, and
the Midi Book with Midi cables:
o MediaMAGIC with free Octamed 6 CD 9.95 GBP
o DiskMAGIC with free Four Weddings & A Funeral VideoCD 9.95 GBP
o CrossDOS 7 34.95 GBP
o TurboPrint 7.10 37.95 GBP
o Making the Most of MIDI BOOK with 2 free MIDI cables 4.95 GBP
17 August 2000 - Amiga and Infomedia Network
Announce Strategic Relationship for New Interactive
Set-top Boxes. To read the complete Amiga.com article
on the two firms announcement, of their intent to deliver
the Amiga and its content on a new line a broadband
interactive products, visit
http://www.amiga.com/corporate/081600-infomedia.shtml
15 August 2000 - A Note From Amiga's Dean Brown
and Vice President Randall Hughes. In the latest Issue No.3
of Amiga's Amiga World, the new Director of Hardware, Dean
Brown, tells his story about being a hardware director.
There is also a note from Amiga;s VP, in the executive
editorial. To read the latetes Amiga World, visit
http://www.amiga.com/press/zine/8-1-00/
13 August 2000 - Safe v13.8 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe138.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
12 August 2000 - Bogus Prices at shareit.com
Oli Wagner of Vapor.com, posted on Aug 5th, that he heard
that someone created some fake entries for Vapor programs
at the shareit.com registration service, with bogus prices.
He asked people to please ignore those, ordering there will
not produce any keyfiles.
Oli also confirmed, that yes, there eventually will be a
MorphOS native version of Voyager, the graphics broswer,
from Vapor.com. For updates on Oli Wagners messages,
just finger him, at his vapor e-mail address, or visit
the Vapor Website at http://www.vapor.com
12 August 2000 - News Items at Amiga.org
There are a few items at Amiga.org that look interestig.
There is a SEAL-O-RAMA show, that is to take place on
Sept 7th. There is an announcement about a Free
Playstation Emulator .008 Rev 2, and if you follow the
link, it will tell you a number of things that are
required to use it. There also was a new Amiga search
engine announced, but when the link was followed, the
message at the site read: "We`re moving to a new server.
So long our keywordsearch is out of order." For the
latest news from Amiga.org, visit
http://www.amiga.org/index.shtml
10 August 2000 - IBrowse Annoucements
There was a note from the iBrowse Team, saying that
"Stefan _is_ still working on iBrowse 2 with AmiSSL
support."
10 August 2000 - StrICQ Official Support Page
Douglas F. McLaughlin, programmer of Stricq, an Amiga ICQ
Client, has previously given the go-ahead for Nogfx to
post his newly compiled version of StrICQ on his homepage.
To check out the Support Page for Stricq, visit
http://www.multimania.com/aubioane/stricq/stricq.html
09 August 2000 - Amiga - Virus Help Denmark
Announcement. VHT-DK announced on their mailing list,
that they have redone the look of their homepage. They
have kept everything the same, but have done away with the
frames. To check out Virus Help Denmark, visit
http://www.vht-dk.dk
08 August 2000 - Amiga - Amiga President Bill McEwen,
writes a short letter to the Amiga Community, about their
European plans and dispels some interesting rumors.
To read Bill McEwen's Executive Update, go to:
http://www.amiga.com/corporate/080800-mcewen.shtml
08 August 2000 - Amiga - Paul Nolan Joins the Amiga
Team. Paul Nolan is founder and CEO of Paul Nolan Software
Inc., and creator of the Photogenics graphics manipulation
program. Read more about Amiga's additon, at:
http://www.amiga.com/corporate/072900-nolan.shtml
01 August 2000 - Amiga - CheckX v1.77 Available
This program by Dirk Stöcker, was released last June 30th,
2000, but had not been available here. The archive is named
checkx177.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
01 August 2000 - Amiga - VirusSlayer II v1.00 beta
This program by Martin Zemblowski, was released last January
7th, 2000, but had not been available here. The archive is
named vs-2_100.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
25 July 2000 - Amiga - Corrected VC-NG version nos.
I have changed the version number on VirusCheckerNG
to show v1b7, rather than the previous 1.0B7. The
only place you will visually see the change is on the
donwloads page, and in the readme file. The binary and
binary PGP sig, do not require changes.
21 July 2000 - Amiga - Safe v13.6 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. Safe informs about
attack and removes virus from memory if possible. The
archive is named Safe136.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
15 July 2000 - Amiga - xvs.library v33.23 Released
Alex first released the library to the viruschecker2 mailing
list. The archive is named xvslibrary3323.lha, and can be
found on the downloads page. For more information on joining
the viruschecker2 forum, see the miscellaneous section on the
About Us page. Older version can be found in the Archives.
14 July 2000 - Amiga - xvs.library v33.22 Released
Alex first released the library to the viruschecker2 mailing
list. The archive is named xvslibrary3322.lha, and can be
found on the downloads page.
29 June 2000 - Amiga - xadmaster.library v7.0 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest sharware library. The
archive is named xadmaster70.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page. The older version has been moved to the
Archives Section.
29 June 2000 - Amiga - xfdmaster.library v1.33 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest xfd library. The archive is
named xfdmaster133.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
The older version has been moved to the Archives Section.
25 June 2000 - Amiga - VT v3.17 Available
System Requirements: All Amigas with OS2.04 or higher
This new Virus Test (VT-Schutz) will find the new Motaba
linkvirus. The archive is named vt317k.lha, and can be
found on the downloads page.
25 June 2000 - Amiga - VT v3.17 dok Available
These are German Documentation only, for VT v3.17. The
archive is named vt317dok.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
25 June 2000 - Amiga - Safe v13.5 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system on the 21st, but was
not available until today. Safe v13.5 will detect the
new linkvirus named "Motaba". The archive is named
Safe135.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
05 June 2000 - Amiga - Safe v13.3 Released
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest
freeware virus dicovering system. The archive is named
safe133.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
04 May 2000 - Amiga - xadmaster.library v6.1 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest sharware library. The
archive is named xadmaster.lha, and can be found on the
downloads page.
04 May 2000 - Amiga - xfdmaster.library v1.32 Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest xfd library. The archive is
named xfdmaster.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
09 April 2000 - Amiga - Virus Warning Guide v3.0
Available. The archive is named vht-vg30.lha, and can be found
on the downloads page. This guide contains all virus alerts
from Virus Help Denmark, issued prior to April 9, 2000. For
ongoing virus and worm alerts, please see the Virus Alerts
page.
01 April 2000 - Amiga - VirusExecutor v2.03 Available
The archive is named VirusExecutor.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page.
07 March 2000 - Amiga - VirusCheckerNG Preview v1.0B7
Released. Alex released a beta version of the new VC-NG
program to the viruschecker2 mailinglist. The archive is named
VirusCheckerNG.lha, and can be found on the downloads page.
The NG Preview carries this warning:
: "This is a preview! beware! it is not finished and some
: functions don't work or might contain bugs! use at your
: own risc!"
For more information on joining the viruschecker2 forum, see
the miscellaneous section on the About Us page.
07 March 2000 - Amiga - VirusZ II v1.45 Final Release
Georg Hormann has released the final version of his VirusZ
program. Further development will be handled by Dirk Stoecker
in the form of the program VirusZ III. This VirusZ II v1.45
Final Release is found in the same archive as the VirusZ III
program. The archive is named VirusZ.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page.
07 March 2000 - Amiga - VirusZ III v0.94b Available
A new beta of Dirk Stoeckers VirusZ III is available on the
downloads page. This v0.94beta archive, includes the VirusZ
II v1.45 Final Release. The archive is named VirusZ.lha, and
can be found on the downloads page.
05 March 2000 - Amiga - xvs.library v33.21 Released
Alex first released the library to the viruschecker2 mailing
list. The archive is named xvslibrary.lha, and can be found
on the downloads page. For more information on joining the
viruschecker2 forum, see the miscellaneous section on the
About Us page.
20 February 2000 - Amiga - Virus gallery added to VHT-DK
site. If you have ever wondered what a virus looks like when
it hits, or what your viruskiller of choice displays when it
catches a virus, then wonder no more. The VHT-DK team compiled
some screengrabs showing both of these taking place. You can
find it on the Amiga page of the VHT-DK site,
http://www.vht-dk.dk/
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28 November 2000 - Jean Chretian is Canada's Elected Prime
Minister. Once again we have a Liberal government run under
Jean Chretian. He was voted in last night in our countries elections,
for another four year term in office. The Canadian Alliance Party under
Stockwell Day, came in second. Not too shabby for a newcommer.
27 November 2000 - Canadian's Vote For New Prime Minister
We go to the polls today to elect our new Prime Minister. Common
belief, is that the Liberals will win, but with a minority government.
Time will tell, eh?
26 November 2000 - Update: The Author of Ping is Reported Dead
I noticed a followup in the Nanog Archives by a poster that posted:
"Something I found.."
http://www.mdnewsnet.com/mnn_top_stories/fire_police_news.html
Follow the above link, if you would like to read the Police / Fire News
article on the Maryland News Network. It is titled I-95 Accident Claims
Life, Churchville, Md.
24 November 2000 - Nanog Archive: The Author of Ping is Reported Dead
This is a followup of the previous Slashdot.org entry. The Nanog
Archive poster, says "I haven't been able to confirm this, but I
haven't been able to reach Mike."
For you interest, these are the related URl's:
1) Mike Muuss Homepage
http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/
2) Mike Muuss homepage for "The Story of the PING Program"
http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/ping.html"
24 November 2000 - The Author of Ping is Reported Dead
Slashdot.org has an article by CmdrTaco on Thursday November 23rd,
2000 from the Nanog Archive, dated 2000-11-21: "Mike Muuss, the author
of the PING program used on networks everywhere, died last night in a
traffic accident on US route 95 in Maryland. He was an alumnus of Johns
Hopkins." CmdrTaco says, "It seems appropriate on Thanksgiving to thank
a man who created something that we all rely on every day."
18 November 2000 - VHT-Canada Cosmetic Changes
I have decided to keep only two archives of the binary files. If later
versions are required by visitors, they will need to contact the authors
of the software, directly. Also made a few other cosmetic changes, that
would not be visible to vistiors.
11 November 2000 - Canadian War Veterans Day
Today Canada remembers all the brave people who fought and helped
out in the backgroud, during the Second World War.
01 November 2000 - Virus Help Team Norway Announcement by Helge Syre.
The homepage of Virus Help Team - Norway, is presently replaced by
a simple page in norwegian that says welcome to my new homepage.
It will be replaced by the correct page when I get my Amiga up and
running again. ( there is some problems with OS 3.5, I can't get
it installed, the machine crashes when I try to run the install
program.) So please beare (sp????) with me a while longer, possibly
to the new year, but then I must be online again.
15 October 2000 - VHT-Canada Changes.
Some changes were made to the directory structure on our site,
but should not be noticeable to visitors. If problems arise with
any links, please send feedback to the Webmaster. Thankyou.
10 October 2000 - More New Pages Available on VHT-Canada.
The other viruschecking programs now have their own pages,
along with the VirusWarning.Guide. All homepages for the vivi
programs, now have links to the latest update on the downloads
page, including direct links to all libs and files, needed to
run each virus checking program. This does not include carrying
MUI that is required for VirusSlayer II, but there is a direct
link to search Aminet for MUI v3.8. Newest additions are:
* CheckX by Dirk Stöcker
* Safe by Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski
* VirusSlayer II by Martin Zemblowski
* VirusWarning.Guide by Jan Andersen, of Virus Help Denmark
10 October 2000 - First Snowfall.
Today, while having eggs, ham and homefries at the local Chances-R
Restaurant, it started to snow. Hubby is on a weeks holiday, so we
went out for breakfast.
05 October 2000 - New Pages Available on VHT-Canada.
There are now seperate pages for information on a few virus
checking programs. The binary programs will still be downloaded
on the Downloads Page. Available seperate pages are for the
programs such as:
* VirusChecker II by Alex van Niel
* VirusExecutor by Jan Erik Olausen
* VT-Schutz (VirusTest) by Heiner Schneegold
* VirusZ II & III by Georg Hvrmann & Dirk Stvcker
03 October 2000 - State Funeral Held In Montreal For Former
Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. People of all ages
and walks of life attended the ceremonies. Among the guests was
Trudeau's long time friend, Marc Lalonde and also Cuba's leader,
Fidel Castro. Justin gave quite a beautiful speach about his dad.
03 October 2000 - Jan Anderson Back Home In Denmark.
After a week of holiday in Rhodos, Greece, Jan announced that he's
back...... ;) Welcome home Jan, and our prayers goes out to you and
your family member for a healthy recovery.
03 October 2000 - Corel, Microsoft Forge Strategic Alliance.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Corel Corp., which once tried to go toe to
toe with Microsoft Corp., announced an alliance on Monday with the
world's largest software company in a deal worth $135 million.
The alliance would see Corel products like CorelDraw and WordPerfect,
and even the Linux operating system, become available on the .NET
platform, but the companies provided few other specifics. For a
complete story, visit Corel, Microsoft Forge Strategic Alliance.
01 October 2000 - Pierre Elliot Trudeau Dead, Just Shy Of His
81st Birthday. Canada's former Prime Minister, known as PET, died
Thursday, September 28, 2000. Stories relating to the Trudeau's
Life and Times, can be found under these headings.
* CNN
Trudeau, charismatic former Canadian premier, dies at 80
PM Chronological Biography:Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Descriptive Biography
* Canoe.CA
Pierre Trudeau dead at 80
01 October 2000 - Cowpland Joins Zim Advisory Board.
Michael Cowpland has agreed to sit on a small Ottawa company's new
advisory board, the former Corel Corp. boss's first professional move
since he left the software maker last month. Read the complete
artcle at Former Corel boss on 5-member team.
22 September 2000 - Teen Jailed For Hacking NASA.
A teen-ager was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday after
pleading guilty to federal charges of hacking into NASA computers
that support the International Space Station. The teen, now 16,
also admitted he had illegally entered a Pentagon computer system,
intercepted 3,300 e-mail transmissions and stolen passwords.
Visit the MSNBC report at Teen Jailed For Hacking NASA.
22 September 2000 - First Handheld Virus Deletes Apps.
A new era in computer vulnerability began Friday
morning when the first-ever virus for handheld organizers struck. A
patch was made available Friday afternoon, but experts warned the
virus could continue spreading. To read the complete MSNBC article,
visit First Handheld Virus Deletes Apps. Also there are
links to virus reports on the Virus Warnings Page, here at
VHT-Canada.
19 September 2000 - Malaria Poised To Make Canadian
Comeback. One case of mosquito-borne malaria has been reported
in Toronto and many more have cropped up in the northeastern
United States along the Canada-U.S. border, says a tropical
disease expert from the Harvard Medical School. Read the
National Post article by Tom Spears of the Ottawa Citizen, by
visiting News / Malaria poised to make Canadian comeback
19 September 2000 - CryptoRights Benefit - The RSA
Expiration Party! A major party to celebrate the RSA patent
expiration will be held on Thursday, September 21, at the Great
American Music Hall in San Francisco. Admission is free, but
donations to benefit the CryptoRights Foundation are appreciated.
To read CryptoRights Foundation's particlulars, visit
The Big RSA Patent Expiration Party.
14 September 2000 - PlayStation2 modification irritates
Sony. ZDNet has an article on sept 7th, that says "shortages
and pent-up demand could encourage chipping. Sony doesn't
approve." Read the complete article at
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/35/ns-17739.html
02 September 2000 - Ontario, Canada: Park Issues E-Coli Water
Alert. The National Post has an article for anyone in the Thousand
Islands area this long weekend. It states in part, "Long-weekend
visitors to the St. Lawrence Islands National Park are being advised
to bring their own water supply after E.coli was discovered in the
water in several of the islands public-access wells." To read the
article, visit http://www.nationalpost.com/headlinescan/
30 August 2000 - Virus Hits Handheld Computers
For First Time. Steven Chase, of the British Columbia Bureau of Globe
and News, has a report. He has comments from Michael Murphy, general
manager of Canadian operations for Symantec Corp., maker of Norton
antivirus software and other programs. The report says in part,
"The first virus aimed at PalmPilot-style handheld computers has hit the
Internet, and experts are warning users to brace for far more malicious
programs targeting the popular gadgets." To read the complete 'Virus
hits handheld computers for first time' article, visit
http://www.globetechnology.com/summary/News.html
30 August 2000 - Anti-Virus v5.0 detects and disinfects
Palm_Liberty.A Trojan. F-Secure Corporation (HEX: FSC) announced today
the immediate availability of protection against the recently discovered
Palm_Liberty.A Trojan which targets the Palm Operating System. The Trojan
is generally installed on a PalmOS device from a host computer during a
HotSync operation. It can also be beamed from one Palm device to another
via infrared. F-Secure Anti-Virus v5.0 detects and disinfects this Trojan
during synchronization operations, using the latest update available from
http://www.F-Secure.com.
25 August 2000 - Federal Agencies to Make Sites Accessible To
Disabled. This report comes from Carrie Johnson of The Washington Post,
on making the Net disabled-friendly. To read the complete article, visit
MSNBC address at http://www.msnbc.com/news/450528.asp
22 August 2000 - Added some PC and Macintosh Links. Some
additions were made to the Downloads and About Us pages. There were more
links and help files added, to the Macintosh and PC sections.
18 August 2000 - Submitted VHT-Canada to the Open Directory
Project. The ODP is a web directory of Internet resources. Once an editor
reviews the submitted URL, they may at their discretion, submit it into
the directory. The submitted and accepted site, will then be included in
ODP's partners search engines. Partners, are such search engines as Alta
Vista, Google, Hot Bot etc. This may take anywhere from several weeks,
to several months.
17 August 2000 - Submitted VHT-Canada to the Northern Lights
Search Engine service. The notice after submission said it could take up
to six weeks to get listed, and not all submitted sights get into the
listing.
17 August 2000 - Canadian Alert: Killer Bees Arriving in Canada
on Transport Trucks and ships. Veronique Mandal, of the National Post,
has an article that starts "African killer bees are hitching rides to
Canada on transport trucks and ships, and, in the next five years will
colonize this country, says Dr. Medhat Nasr,an apiculturist and biologist
at the University of Guelph, Ontario." For the Aug 17th headline, at The
National Post, visit http://www.nationalpost.com/headlinescan/
15 August 2000 - Fun Re-aranging News/Viri Pages. The Subject
says it all. ;) I had some security patches on the news page, when they
should have been on the Virus Warnings page, due to security issues
involved. Posted new news and hoax stuff, at the same time.
11 August 2000 - Submitted VHT-Canada to
Amiga.org Search and News Service at http://www.amiga.org/
11 August 2000 - Shadow-Realm Creations Made The URL Changeover
for VHT-Canada. Now Virus Help Team Canada, can be accessed with the
proper site address of vht-can. A big thankyou to to our webspace
providers.
11 August 2000 - Followups to the FBI's Carnivore and how
Hackers Still Pestering the Defense Dept. For the latest followups from
SANS Online, visit http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm
08 August 2000 - Humans: West Nile Virus May Be in Canada
The CTV NewsNet, our 24hour TV News Channel, has been issuing warnings,
that there is a mosquito and dead bird alert. We are to be protecting
ourselves from mosquito bites, and to notify Health Canada, or The
Ministry of Health, if we happen upon any dead birds. For the time
being, this alert effects southern Ontario, Canada.
TORONTO (Reuters) - The deadly mosquito-borne West Nile
virus, responsible for killing about 10 people in North
America, may have found its way to Canada, an infectious
disease expert said on Monday. For this Reuters Article,
point your browser to:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000807/20/science-canada-westnile-dc
To find the answers to such questions as: What is West Nile
virus?, What is the likelihood of West Nile virus infecting
Canadians?, How is WN virus spread? Who is at risk of
contracting WN virus?, then check out The Canadian Bureau
of Infectious Diseases at:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/lcdc/bid/wnv/index.html
04 August 2000 - More on the FBI's Carnivore
Carnivore, is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
e-mail surveillance tool. In July the FBI told Congress
Carnivore is designed to intercept data from the electronic
mail of a criminal suspect by monitoring traffic at an
Internet service provider. The Electronic Privacy
Information Center (EPIC), wants the FBI to disclose how
it works. On Wednseday, a federal judge ordered an
emergency hearing on EPIC's request for the immediate
release of details on Carnivore.
SANS Institute has Follow-Up: FBI Caves on Carnivore
URL: http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm
01 August 2000 - Site Changing to VHT-Canada. The Virus Help
Team Netherlands Canadian broswer-friendly site, is being changed to
solely a Canadian Team. Alex van Niel, CEO of vht-NL, and myself, will
initially be making up this new team, and will be working hand-in-hand
with each other. Presently, we are in a waiting mode until Shadow-Realm
Creations, who so kindly supplies this webspace, to change the URL to
point to the new sites address of: http://vht-can.shadow-realm.org/
29 July 2000 - Hubby Came home with Air Conditioner.
The normal saying goes, If you can't stand the heat, get out of the
kithchen. But in this case, an airconditioner was the solution. :)
27 July 2000 - Hubby Made Supper :)
Talk about a great news bleep, eh? I was very busy doing my things here,
so I guess he thought he would not get any nourishment, unless he tackled
the hot kitchen and made something. Nice to eat his cooking for a change
Nicer yet, not to have to enter the heat in there. ;)
27 July 2000 - Submitted VHT-NL - Canada to Campaigns
Today, submittals were put in, and requests were made,
to have the Canadian site of Virus Help Team - Netherlands
listed in a number of campaigns. These being:
a) Viewable With Any Broswer campaign - They carry a list
of actual sites that are taking part in the campaign,
and I thought it would be nice if we were listed too.
b) Made On Amiga - The request was made to be listed under
Organizations > Other. They must first checkout this
site, and then if it pasts their scrutiny, it will be
added to the MoA list.
c) Authored On Amiga - Request has to be done by e-mail,
where I asked to be listed in the Misc/Other Section.
This site is quite old, and was not updated since 1998,
so says the homepage, but maybe this site will get into
the New Sites section.
d) Amiga Web Ring - Did all the submissions, and placed the
webring ID on the entry pages, here at VHT-NL. It may
be a while for the web ring to operate, since the owner
of the webring, who will be adding us to the ring, is
away on holidays till after Aug 18th.
e) Built With Amiga Software - Did not need any further
intervention, than to have the icon and link on VHT-NL.
23 July 2000 - Canadian VHT-NL Site Complete
Last night, all uploads were completed. The search engine
for the Canadian site has been updated to take into account
the new location.
20 July 2000 - Canadian VHT-NL Changes Server
Shadow-Realm is now the host of the VHT-NL Canadian Browser-
friendly site. We are in the process of uploading pages
and files.
17 July 2000 VHT-NL Canadian Browser-Friendly Site
Updated. We now have seperate sections on the news and viri
warnings pages, in order to keep Amiga, PC, Mac and General
in their own section.
We have also added a java-free web chat room. This may be
of benefit to those members whom belong to the viruschecker2
mailing list, to keep in contact and to chit-chat. We are
aware that not all people have a seperate IRC program to
use. Make plans to meet each other and chat, while sipping
on your hot cup of tea.
You may notice also that there is now a link on each page to
our PGP Security section. The newest addition besides the
live chat, is our Search Page. This service is quite good,
and can search VHT-NL site, or you can also put in a query
and search the web.
01 July 2000 - Canadians - July 1st Canada Day
Today Canada celebrated it's 133rd birthday. Go Canada!!!
||||| ./\.
||||| _|\| |/|_ H A P P Y 133 rd B I R T H D A Y
||||| \ /
||||| }_/||\_{ Greetings from C-eh?-N-eh?-D-eh? ;)
13 June 2000 - All archives now have a .sig for each.
The purpose is to verify that the actual binary has not been
tampered with in any way, while on the server. You will of
course need to add the keyfile to your keyring. All the
keyfiles we have available are on the PGP Security page.
06 June 2000 - Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Section Added.
Since files will have PGP digital signatures, I thought
it would be handy to have a page set aside for PGP. We
are in the process now of making digital signatures and
MD5SUM checksums for all downloadable files.
03 June 2000 - Fixing links for pictures because some
of them were not showing up on my husbands Internet Explorer
v4.01 browser. A picture should be beside each of the D
links. If it happens that you do not to see a picture beside
one of the D links, or a box beside the D link when graphics
is turned off, could you please send me feedback with the
D link page address. It will be in the format of desc.html#
where there is a particular name after the #. ie #name-here.
Thankyou!
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