Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!own From: own@castle.ed.ac.uk (O Morgan) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Possible Virus in cica.cica.indiana.edu Message-ID: <7046@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 7 Nov 90 10:31:36 GMT References: <1990Oct30.200205.1245@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <886@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> <1990Nov2.130136.16906@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Organization: Edinburgh School of Agriculture Lines: 39 In article <1990Nov2.130136.16906@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes: >Frank E. Bien writes: >> [disk problems possibly caused by curse.exe] I too have a problem with Norton showing a whole load of unmovable blocks which I associate with Curse.exe. I didn't worry about it until recently when I have inexplicably lost some files on my hard disk. Ok I might be getting a bit tired (and paranoid?) and could well have deleted something without being aware of it, but on at least one occasion, there was no hint of the file having previously existed when I tried to recover it with Norton utilities. I don't know anything about how erased names are stored and whether they may occasionally be overwritten, but it seemed unusual. The file (a ZIP archive) certainly existed 2 or 3 days earlier. Something else that's been happening recently is that the PC has taken to hanging from time to time, particularly under Word 5. It is probably unconnected (and 3 months after I used Curse.exe) but worth mentioning in case other people are experiencing similar problems. Finally, I am having problem compiling some pretty simple code in Prolog and MS C. Ok, that will inevitably turn out to be something to do with my programming skills, but in the meantime I can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong with the code (neither can other people I've passed it to, and MS haven't replied (yet?)). The C executable works fine, but the machine hangs soon after exit from the program. The Prolog executable just doesn't find interpreted code, as it is supposed to. Ok, this is all pretty vague and probably unconnected, but I would be interested to know if it sounds at all familiar to anybody. Olly Morgan -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Olly Morgan @ Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh EH9 2HH, Scotland Tel: (+44 31) 662 4395 E.Mail: O.Morgan@ed.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------