Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Help, I may have a virus. (PC) Message-ID: <0004.9009271833.AA25485@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 26 Sep 90 01:12:52 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 21 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu jbracher@UCSD.EDU (James Bracher) writes: > I am told that I have a virus and need some information. This > I have had trouble with my C-MOS failing during boot up and having to > fix missing or wrong information. No big deal, but I ran the machine An out of control program can cause the c-mos info to get lost. I have seen it happen more often than I want to. > new programs from different trusted sources). They told me that it > was a boot sector virus. Okay. However, some EE and programing > > Symptoms: Only seems to blow the C-MOS. This may have been triggered > on dates with a 14 in the string, especially 2/14/90. Interrupt driven code is especialy prone to wiping this out, however It is sounding more and more like a marginal battery. Perhaps you should replace the battery. Often times they start causing problems a couple of years down the road. Cheers Woody