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The major goal of Crisnews is to let others out there voice there opinions and views. Any person that wants to submit an article may freely express there ideas. We will ask that you keep out any kind of harsh remarks towards another, or "going out for blood" in any way towards any person, group, or organization. ALL REBUTTALS AND NETMAIL, CONCERNING ARTICLES, OR THE CRISNEWS, WILL BE INCLUDED IN AN OPEN SECTION IN THE CRISNEWS CALLED "COMMENTS AND REBUTTALS" IN ALL FUTURE ISSUES. IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR COMMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION, YOU MUST STATE THIS CLEARLY IN YOUR MESSAGE. ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED HERE IN THIS NEWSLETTER ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE AUTHORS, AND NOT NESSARILY THOSE OF THE CRIS STAFF. Articles/Topics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 000. This Article: The Index .............................................. 001. How Did Cris Start: Where Is It Going? The story from the beginning.... 002. C.R.I.S. BBS Policies and Procedures .................................. 003. The Beginners Guide To Virus Research...(Part One: EXE & COM Infecters) 004. How You Can Add Your Own Virus Signatures To your Scanner.............. 005. CLETON iS MAD AS HELL AND HE AiN'T GONNA TAKE iT ANYMORE OR HOW i STOLE THE ViRUS ECHO BY Geno Paris........................................... 006. WALKING SMALL THE FINAL CHAPTER OR A DRAW IN THE VIRUS ECHO MODERATOR SCANDAL by mahatma ghandi (Geno)....................................... 007. Bill Lambdin's Early Warning Enhancement To Scanners................... 008. McAFEE ASSOCIATES REPORTS RECORD REVENUES AND EARNINGS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993........................................................ 009. Cris Survey............................................................ 010. Sara Gordon Survey..................................................... 011. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About PGP.............. (Part One) 012. Sara Gordon Computer Crime?....................(The Mike Elansky Story) 013. Africa And A Brief Look At The Virus World............................. 014. Michael Stowe And His 'C' Routine For Self Checking Programs........... 015. Federal Law, Electronics Communications Privacy Act.................... 016. The Cris PGP Signature................................................. 017. Matt Miller - My Thoughts on the Proposed Legislation.................. 018. The AIS BBS In The News.....................By James Lipshultz, Esquire USERSIG.DAT ..... Copy to your TBAV directory and type TBGENSIG {enter} *************************************************************************** THE CALL TO CV_FOURM NuKE - Phalcon/Skism - YAM - RaBiD Or ANY Virus Group/Members/Writers/Old/New Any other Fidonet or Any-Net or AV O P E N - VIRUS - F O U R M No one will be denied access to this echo / No Application Needed just tag the area CV_FOURM and call one of the Hosts below and ask to be added to the message area. *************************************************************************** 119 SOUTH AFRICA HOST Host 119 SA Host South Africa Radix 27-11-953-5414 9600 CM H14 XA XX The Hell's Cafeteria South Africa Radioactive Rat -Unpublished- 9600 CM Brokedown Palace South Africa Radix 27-11-953-5414 9600 CM H14 XA XX The Lair South Africa Grey Wolf 27-27-11-884-7945 9600 V32B V42B XA Total Chaos South Africa Logic 27-11-882-5314 9600 CM V32B V42B XA XX Mirrored Trap BBS Raist Majere 27-11-792-8878 9600 CM V32B V42B XA XX 203 CONNECTICUT HOST Host 203 CT 203 Host Norwich CT Robert Szarka 1-203-886-1441 9600 CM V32B V42 205 ALABAMA HOST Host 205 AL 205 Host Decatur AL Cameron Prince 1-205-350-1955 9600 CM HST V32 DeleriuM Decatur AL Cameron Prince 1-205-350-1955 9600 CM HST V32B V42 XA 206 WASHINGTON HOST Host 206 WA 206 Host Longview WA Jeanne Lejon 1-206-577-7358 9600 CM HST V32B 219 INDIANA HOST Host 219 IN 219 Host Scheretville IN Adolf-X 1-219-865-0788 9600 CM V32B V42 X The Dark Tower Scheretville IL Adolf-X 1-219-865-0788 9600 CM V32B V42 XA R 305 FL HOST Host 305 FL 305 Host Coconut Creek FL Bruce Kniffen 1-305-975-5540 9600 V32B V Star*Bank Coconut Creek FL Bruce Kniffen 1-305-975-5540 9600 V32B V42B CM XA V Onyx BBS Fort Lauderdale FL Tyler Burns 1-305-351-5559 9600 V32B V42B CM XA V4 Jungle Coral Springs FL Chris Geroy 1-305-755-5872 9600 V32B V42B CM XA V42 H1 312 ILLINOIS HOST Host 312 IL 312 Host Chicago IL Zeryis 1-312-622-3313 9600 CM V32B V42 XA R Ragnarok BBS Chicago IL Zeryis 1-312-622-3313 9600 CM V32B V42 XA R 405 OK HOST Host 405 The Screaming Fetus BBS London England Jeno 1-405-634-4866 9600 CM XA Trauma Box BBS Edmond OK Justin Nett 1-405-348-9468 9600 V32B V42B CM XA V42 407 FLORIDA HOST Host 407 FL 407 Host Kissimmie FL Mike Sylvestre 1-407-847-5499 9600 V32B V42B Micro Imaging BBS Kissimmie FL Mike Sylvestre 1-407-847-5499 9600 V32B V42B CM 443 MARTIN ROSELER GERMANY Host 443 Germany 443 Host Germany Martin Roseler 49-89-92793-593 9600 V32B V42 484 MIGUEL SCERRI BALZIN MALTA HOST Host 484 MALTA 484 Host Malta Europe Miguel Scerri 356-49-2964 9600 V32B V42B 603 NEW HAMPSHIRE HOST Host 603 NH 603 Host New Hampshire Bill Clark 1-603-279-9028 9600 V32B V42 XA The Hobby Center New Hampshire Bill Clark 1-603-279-9028 9600 V32B V42 XA 708 ILLINOIS HOST Host 708 IL 708 Host Cicero IL Michael Paris 1-708-863-5285 9600 CM V32B V42 X CRiS 714 ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA HOST DOWN_Host 714 CA 714 Host Anaheim CA Falcon 1-714-772-7039 9600 CM V32B V42 X DOWN_KJB BBS Anaheim CA Falcon 1-714-772-7039 9600 CM V32B V42 XA R 804 VIRGINIA HOST Host 804 VA 804 Host Somewhere VA UNKNOWN 1-804-599-4152 9600 CM HST V32B V42 CRiS 815 FAR NORTH WEST HOST Host 815 IL 815 Host Crystal Lake IL Professor X 1-815-455-2423 9600 CM V32B V File Store BBS Crystal Lake IL Professor X 1-815-455-2423 9600 CM V32B V42 XA Audio Adrenaline BBS McHenry IL Bugz 1-815-344-1346 9600 CM V32B V42 XA R O T H E R C.R.I.S Net AREAS YOU CAN APPLY FOR *************************************************************************** * CRiS Virus Bases * *************************************************************************** CV_BETA CRiS Virus Beta Testing Base. In this base researchers and programmers can talk about virus problems, and how they are solved. or anything to do with brick walls they run into. It also serves as A Virus Signature Alert with the newest virus signatures that you can add to your scanner. [Real Name Posting Only] MEMCRIS CRiS Members Base This base is for CRiS research members but it is a good learning tool to see what is being researched, and what the outcomes were. [Real Name Posting Only] CV_SEARCH Virus Search Researchers looking for viruses are posted here. If another user has the virus they can find a way to get the file to each other. [Real Name Posting Only] CV_FORUM CRiS Virus Forum Talk about virus on any scale. CV_CHAT CRiS General Virus Chatter This echo is for anyone, less experienced users can express their views and thoughts of any virus manner. 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