Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: SMHELM01@ULKYVM.BITNET (Pen Helm) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: XEMAG.SYS (PC) Message-ID: <0005.9009241932.AA21398@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 23 Sep 90 19:35:48 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 7 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I have discovered something odd on my hard disk: a file named XEMAG.SYS. Its Archive, Read-only, Hidden, and System bits are all set. _I_ certainly didn't put it there - has anyone ever heard of this file and how it comes about? It is dated 12-30-89, 1:59p with a size of 0. TIA. Please respond directly as I do not subscribe. Pen