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A strange Parrot File

  • 22-08-2001 5:03pm
    #1
    scooby
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi folks,

    Has anyone seen a file in the root of their hard disk called "parrot00.108" I suspect this file may be some sort of virus but I can find no reference on any virus checking sites. I have seen this on numerous machines
    running winnt4.0 sp6.

    Anyone any clues???


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  • #2
    amp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    I reckon it was Old man Swithers, the caretaker, and he probably would have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids.
    Lunacy Abounds! GLminesweeper RO><ORS!
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  • #3
    azezil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    I work with scooby (no i'm not shaggy wink.gif), we noticed it on new compaq's, it leaves after a while and doesn't appear to do anything.

    We're just wondering if anyone else ever seen it...
    "just because you're not paraniod, doesn't mean they're not after you!"


  • #4
    Cake Fiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    I have a nagging feeling I've seen it reported somewhere as a worm of some sort :/


  • #5
    jaarius
    Registered Users Posts: 383 ✭✭jaarius


    theres no trace of it here. im working mostly on ibms but im sitting at a compaq (though its not new)

    had a quick check on google and dogpile and no sign which would worry me but then again i lose sleep over things like that. if its on new compaqs then you might ring compaq or better still if you know someone there they would be more helpful.


    j
    "Why not put the match in a shark tank, with real live sharks, hungry sharks, and the only way to beat your
    opponent is to stuff them down a shark's throat and pin a shark".
    -Kurt Angle to Lilian Garcia


  • #6
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Have a look through a few of these:

    http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=worm+parrot

    Looks like a morph of one of those to me.

    adam


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  • #7
    azezil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    ok had a little look around, seems it has something to do with connecting ur comp to an ipaq ... mystery solved! biggrin.gif
    "just because you're not paraniod, doesn't mean they're not after you!"


  • #8
    _CreeD_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,151 ✭✭✭_CreeD_


    Just install Cracker01.tsty alongside it and it'll be happy.


  • #9
    azezil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    Woops! appears I was wrong, I got onto Compaq b4 I found that info on the net n they just replyed now!
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Compaq bios and diagnostics partition on your hard drive</font>
    another scooby mystery solved biggrin.gif lol
    "just because you're not paraniod, doesn't mean they're not after you!"


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