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V I R N E T U S A - T h e F a c t s - By Michael Paris As I Know Them First Hand From A Virnet Hierarchy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 002. The Virus Threat (c) Ian Douglas 1993 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 003. This is an attempt to explain some of the terminology used in connection with viruses. By: Childe Roland - Cris South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 004. Robert Slade Anti-Virus Contact List ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 005. The V.I.R.U.S./Virus Doctor BBS List ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 006. [Echoes of Conspiracy] - By FireCracker Part #1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 007. [Echoes of Conspiracy] - By Michael Paris Part #2 The Facts About Aristotle And His Friends, Things I have Seen and heard and The things He Told Me. By: Michael Paris C.R.I.S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 008. Collection of Cris Info on new viruses researched CrisInfo 1 - 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USERSIG.DAT Copy to your TBAV directory and type TBGENSIG {enter} If you have a registered ver. This will add new signatures of new viruses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** ;---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; CRiS Nodelist Zone,77,CRiSNet_WHQ,Illinois_USA,Michael_Paris,1-708-863-5285,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA, ; ; 119 SOUTH AFRICA HOST Host,119,South_Africa_119_Host,South_Africa,Radix,27-11-953-5414,9600,CM,HST,XA,XX ,792,Mirrored_Trap_BBS,South_Africa,Raist_Majere,27-11-792-8878,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA,XX ,849,Telephone_Hogger,South_Africa,Richard_Parsons,27-11-849-7172,9600,CM,XA,V32B ,864,The_Secret_Passage,South_Africa,Shadow_Stalker,27-11-864-5787,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA,XX ,882,The_Hell's_Cafeteria,South_Africa,Radioactive_Rat,27-11-864-5787,9600,CM ,883,Total_Chaos,South_Africa,Logic,27-11-882-5314,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA,XX ,884,The_Lair_,South_Africa,Grey_Wolf,27-27-11-884-7945,9600,V32B,V42B,XA, ,953,Virus_Polytethnic,South_Africa,Childe_Roland,27-11-953-5414,9600,CM,HST,XA,XX ; ; 125 FRANCE HOST Host,125,The_Lys_Valley_(Help_FD),Comines,Gerard_Manning,33-20631262,9600,CM,XA,V32B,V42B,H16,UNEC,REC ; ; 203 CONNETICUT HOST Host,203,CT_203_Host,Norwich_CT,Robert_Szarka,1-203-886-1441,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ,445,Info_Net_BBS,Groton_CT,John_Luce,1-203-445-0607,9600,CM,V32B,V42,HST,XA ,886,CT_203_Host,Norwich_CT,Robert_Szarka,1-203-886-1441,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ,447,Imajica_BBS,New_London_CT,Larry_Hinkley,1-203-447-9372,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ; ; 206 WASHINGTON HOST Host,206,WA_206_Host,Longview_WA,Jeanne_Lejon,1-206-577-7358,9600,CM,HST,V32B,V42,XA ; ; 210 SOUTH TEXAS HOST Host,210,TX_210_Host,South_Texas,Adapa_Anu,1-210-540-3907,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ; ; 300 AUSTRALIAN Host Host,300,Australian_300_Host,Kallangur_Qld,Rod_Fewster,61-7-886-1886,9600,V32b,V42b,MNP,CM,XX ,1,Thunderbyte_Australia,Kallangur_Qld,Rod_Fewster,61-7-886-1886,9600,V32b,V42b,MNP,CM,XX ,2,Fractured_Programming_[NuKE]_Oz_HQ,Melbourne_Vic,Screaming_Radish,xx-x-xxx-xxxx,9600,V32b,CM,XX ; ; 305 FLORIDA HOST Host,305,FL_305_Host,Coconut_Creek_FL,Bruce_Kniffen,1-305-975-5540,9600,V32B,V42B,CM,XA,V42,UNSMH ,351,Onyx_BBS,Fort_Lauderdale_FL,Tyler_Burns,1-305-351-5559,9600,V32B,V42B,CM,XA,V42,HST ,755,Jungle,Coral_Springs_FL,Chris_Geroy,1-305-746-0096,9600,V32B,V42B,CM,XA,V42,HST ,975,Star*Bank,Coconut_Creek_FL,Bruce_Kniffen,1-305-975-5540,9600,V32B,V42B,CM,XA,V42,UNSMH ,977,Deafie_BBS,Fort_Lauderdale_Florida,Steve_Brother,1-305-977-4265,V32B,V42B,CM,XA ; ; 312 ILLINOIS HOST Host,312,IL_312_Host,Chicago_IL,Zeryis,1-312-622-3313,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ,237,The_Coliseum,Chicago_IL,Matthew_Swajkowski,1-312-237-2773,9600,CM,V42B,V32B,XA ,238,The_Game_Room,Chicago_IL,Rafal_Rusilowicz,1-312-237-XXXX,9600,CM,V42B,V32B,XA ,622,Ragnarok_BBS,Chicago_IL,Zeryis,1-312-622-3313,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ; ; 403 ALBERTA CANADA HOST Host,403,Canada_403_Host,Alberta_Canada,Hans_Peterson,1-403-293-5659,9600,V32B,V42B,CM,XX,V42 ; ; 405 OKLAHOMA HOST Host,405,Oklahoma_405_Host,Lawton_OK,Bill_Dirks,1-405-248-0528,9600,CM,V32B,V32B,XA ,721,Filthy_Habits,Oklahoma_City,John_Schlichting,1-405-721-8513,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ; ; ; 406 MISSOULA MT HOST Host,406,Missoula_MT_Host,Missoula_MT,Troy_Dowding,1-406-543-4978,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ; ; 418 CANADA HOST COXAL CARMA Host,418,Quebec_PQ_Host,Quebec_Canada,Martin_Rosa,1-418-878-5177,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ; ; 443 MARTIN ROSELER GERMANY Host,443,Germany_443_Host,Germany,Martin_Roseler,49-89-92793-593,9600,V32B,V42B,CM,XA ; ; 505 ALASKA HOST Host,505,AK_505_Host,Alaska,Tiphoid_Mary,1-505-662-0659,9600,CM,V32B,V42,HST,XA ,662,Cypherspace,Alaska,Tiphoid_Mary,1-505-662-0659,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XX ; ; 517 LANSING MICHIGAN HOST Host,517,MI_517_Host,Lansing_MI,Ender_Wiggins,1-517-485-6647,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ; ; 603 NEW HAMPSHIRE HOST Host,603,NH_603_Host,New_Hampshire,Bill_Clark,1-603-279-9028,9600,V32B,V42,XA ,279,The_Hobby_Center,New_Hampshire,Bill_Clark,1-603-279-9028,9600,V32B,V42,XA ; ; 619 SAN DIEGO HOST Host,619,SD_CA_619_Host,San_Diego_CA,Gary_Boutwell,1-619-278-5469,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ,1,GCG_Programming,San_Diego_CA,George_Boutwell,1-619-278-5469,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ,2,Toads_Place,Chula_Vista_CA,Bruce_Calvert,1-619-498-1146,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ,3,Alabaster's_Cove_][,La_Mesa_CA,Brian_Schafrik,1-619-463-7230,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ; ; 708 ILLINOIS HOST Host,708,IL_708_Host,Cicero_IL,Michael_Paris,1-708-863-5285,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ,345,S.M.S_Services,Melrose_Park_IL,Steveoramma,1-708-345-1335,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ,358,Destructive_Lunacy,Boston_MA,NEC_Ken_Murray,1-708-358-8117,9600,CM,V32B,V42,HST,XA,TAG ,394,The_Rockhouse_Crew_BBS,Arlington Heights,Chris_Aseltine,1-708-394-5058,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ,474,The_Lost_BBS,Chicago_IL,Ice_Nine,1-312-474-0710,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA,TAG ,475,The_Lost_BBS,Chicago_IL,Ice_Nine,1-312-474-0711,9600,CM,V32B,V42,ZYX,XA ,485,Gramcracker,Brookfield_IL,Handcuffs,1-708-485-7261,9600,CM,HST,V32B,V42,XA ,489,Random_Access,Midlothian_IL,Pete_Frank,1-708-489-1542,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ,671,The_Half_Shekel,Schiller_Park,Efrayim_Neumann,1-708-671-9263,9600,V32B,V42B,XA,CM ,743,Programers_Cafe,Chicago_IL,Odin,1-312-274-5366,9600,CM,V32B,V42,HST,XA ,677,Warpspeed,Skokie_Il,Alex_Gen,1-708-677-6824,9600,V32B,V42B,CM ,863,CRiS_BBS,Cicero_IL,Michael_Paris,1-708-863-5285,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ,832,Mega_Motel,Elmhurst,Jim_O'Sullivan,1-708-832-2760,9600,CM,V42B,V32B,XA ,910,Embodyment_of_Souls,Woodridge,Jia_Shen,1-708-910-0642,9600,CM,V42B,V32B,XA ; ; 714 CALIFORNIA HOST Host,714,CA_714_Host,Anaheim_CA,Falcon,1-714-772-7039,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ,772,West_Coast_Institute_of_Virus_Research,Anaheim_CA,Falcon,1-714-772-7039,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ; ; NEWPORT NEWS VA HOST Host,790,VA_790_Host,Newport_News_VA,Firecracker,1-804-790-1329,9600,CM,XA ; ; 803 SC HOST Host,803,SC_773_Host,Sumter_SC,Todd_Greene,1-803-773-9953,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ; ; 804 VIRGINIA HOST Host,804,VA_804_Host,Norfolk_VA,Roy_Ayres,1-804-461-2250,9600,CM,HST,V32B,V42,XA ; ; 815 ILLINOIS HOST Host,815,IL_815_Host,Crystal_Lake_IL,Professor_X,1-815-455-2423,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ,455,File_Store_BBS,Crystal_Lake_IL,Professor_X,1-815-455-2423,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ; ; 816 HOST Host,816,IL_816_Host,Golden_Country,Michael_McCabe/Brent_Hamm,1-816-455-2423,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA ; ; ; 9041 PENSACOLA FLORIDA HOST Host,9041,Pensacola_Host,Pensacola_Florida,Tony_Pittarese,1-904-494-6782,9600,CM,V42B,V32B,XA ,150,The_Haven_of_Rest,Pensacola_FL,John_Calvin_Hall,1-904-474-0992,9600,CM,XB,V32B,V42B ; ; ; 904 FLORIDA HOST Host,904,FL_904_Host,Eglin_AFB,Alan_Jackson,1-904-729-2110,9600,CM,XA,V32b,V42B ,729,Digital_Underground,Eglin_AFB_FL,Alan_Jackson,1-904-729-2110,9600,CM,XA,V32B,V42B ; ; 919 Goldsborot NC HOST Host,919,Goldsboro_NC_Host,Goldsborot_NC,Mike_Whatley,1-919-751-2324,9600,CM,XX,V32,V42,H16 ,111,Software Cache,Goldsboro_NC,Dave_Walden,1-919-736-0513,9600,CM,V32B,V42B,XA ; Zone,76,CRiSNet_WHQ,Illinois_USA,Michael_Paris,1-708-863-5285,9600,CM,V32B,V42,XA, ; 519 WINDSOR ONTARIO HOST Host,5190,CA_519_Host,Windsor_Ontario_CA,Art_Mason,1-519-972-6828,9600,V32B,V42B *************************************************************************** * CRiS Virus Bases * *************************************************************************** CV_BETA CRiS Virus Beta Testing Base. 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