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From: pdccs@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Patrick D. Champion)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Possible lurking virus problemer
Message-ID: <21698@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 90 15:18:31 GMT
Reply-To: pdccs@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Patrick D. Champion)
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Organization: Epidemiology Data Center
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Hello.  Does anyone know of a virus that deletes the root directory on drive C?
I have run into this problem 3 times on so far - once on each of three PCs.
I have run SIMTEL's scan42 and when I download scan52 will run that also.  But
they come up with no virus's.  Also, the command.com hasn't grown, nor the to
system files.  
	Any ideas anyone?  I could run a program to check for viruses 
writing to .EXE or .COM files, but my bosses don't look favourably on anything
running on the PC's besides the software that we bought. 

Thanks for the help

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Patrick D. Champion			My views are completely my own and
Epidemiology Data Coordinating Center	should not be construed as relating
University of Pittsburgh		in anyway to those for whom I work.
pdccs@unix.cis.pitt.edu