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From: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Possible Virus in cica.cica.indiana.edu
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Date: 3 Nov 90 13:19:54 GMT
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jpl5@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Jay P Lessler) writes:

> It seems that some program has been allocating
> blocks as unmovable.  Since everything that I run is also being run on my
> friend's pc, except cursor.zip, 

This reasoning is flawed. There are many reasons why you may have immovable
blocks on your hard disk, none of which even remotely is related to a 
"virus".

Instead of posting "ifs", why not download a copy of McAfee's SCAN program
from a local BBS or FTP server, and run it on your machine. It will scan
your entire hard drive for known viruses, and inform you of their presence.

Posting these cries of "possible virus alert" is utterly irresponsible, in
light of the fact that you've taken no steps to even determine if a virus
is present on your system.

MD
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