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From: UMEEM37@VAXA.CC.IMPERIAL.AC.UK (Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond)
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Subject: Stoned on widely distributed disk (PC)
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Date: 14 Dec 90 13:49:00 GMT
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WARNING: Stoned virus found on demo disk included "WHAT PERSONAL
COMPUTER" (United Kingdom) issue 18, Jan 1991.

The demo disk is called Mega-Disk, and contains a working demo version
of Domark's MIG-29 Fulcrum. I am not sure that the disk was actually
infected from the factory, but I suspect it since 2 machines on which
the disk was run were actually infected, and the disk was found to be
infected as well.

I would therefore suggest that any buyer of WHAT PERSONAL COMPUTER
magazine checks for viruses on the disk, even though the disk is
certified by the magazine as being VIRUS-FREE.

Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond, Communications & Signal Processing,
Imperial College of Science, Technology, & Medicine, London, UK.