Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!tank!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: IRMSS907%SIVM.BITNET@IBM1.CC.Lehigh.Edu Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Rumored October 12/13 virus attacks Message-ID: <0003.8909071140.AA24881@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 6 Sep 89 21:58:34 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 20 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu About the OCT 12/13 rumored virus attack...an article in the Aug 28th issue of Federal Computer Week reports "Sobczak said candidates for the intrusion so far include the following viruses: DATACRIME, a virus that wipes out data by modifying .COM files, alleged to be planed for execution Oct 12 or 13. A West German virus, apparently discussed at a hacker's convention in Amsterdam earlier this month, to be introduced through BITNET. An enhanced version of an earlier Icelandic virus rewritten to avoid detection by constantly changing its location in memory." [Ed. I saw that too (thanks for the FAX, Bruce!) - does anyone have any info about this alleged Icelandic variant?] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mignon Erixon-Stanford, PROFS Administrator Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.) / Second Office of Information Resource Management \ thoughts Bitnet: IRMSS907 @ SIVM (or SYSADMIN @ SIVM) / are USUALLY Phone : (202) 357-4243 \ wiser. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-