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From: IBNG300@INDYVAX.BITNET (SEAN KRULEWITCH)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Possible virus (PC)
Message-ID: <0010.9006061301.AA19134@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 90 21:24:00 GMT
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To Who it may concern:

I am fairly new to the whole idea of viruses and the like.  I recently
purchased an IBM clone (AMI motherboard 386-20) and have experienced a
few unusual things.  Files seem to be vanishing off the disk, and
other programs are acting weird.  For example when I run Windows386 I
get a KERNSTUB error during boot, and I am sent back to the dos
prompt.  When I try again, I get an incorrect Dos version error.  If I
then proceed to type ver it says Dos 3.41.  However I am running Dos
4.01.  If i type ver a few more times it continues to say dos 3.41.
After the third or fourth time it goes back to saying Dos 4.01.  Also
Procomm locks up when I try to enter the setup mode (ALT-S) and I am
forced to turn the machine off (Warm boot doesn't work).  After a
while the whole system seems to slow down considerably.  One symptom
that seems to be common is a small section of the lower left hand side
of the screen seems to shift up, leaving a small "hole".  This happens
in various programs and at the dos prompt.  I thought it may be a
problem with my video card, but the card checks out ok.  Certain
programs that worked before no longer work.  If anyone knows what this
may be, please contact me.  I can be reached at the following
addresses:

                       KRULEWIT@IUBACS.BITNET or
                       IBNG300@INDYVAX.BITNET

                                        Sincerely,
                                        Sean V. Krulewitch