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From: gregs@cs.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Help! Anybody here of this virus? (PC)
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Date: 4 Dec 90 20:48:09 GMT
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We've discovered what looks like a virus on our DOS PC's, and would like
any feedback from anybody familiar with the following symptoms:

1. io.sys size increased by 66 bytes;
2. io errors create four files that loop endlessly,
   i.e. a.bat to b.bat to c.bat to d.bat to a.bat;
3. non-movable blocks inserted on the hard drive: is this a worm?

Please respond by email.

Thanks,
Greg Sharp
gregs.cs.washington.edu


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