Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: AGUTOWS@WAYNEST1.BITNET (Arthur Gutowski) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Stoned in KC, Mo. (PC) Message-ID: <0014.9101101857.AA07273@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 10 Jan 91 17:47:57 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 29 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu Just got off the phone with a friend of mine in Kansas City, MO. He has been infected with the Stoned virus (don't know which variant). He apparently contracted the infection from a borrowed copy of Ontrack's Disk Manager. The diskette was obtained from the Computer Resale Center in Kansas City. He has not booted up with any other diskettes in quite some time, so he strongly suspects the Disk Manager diskette. Fortunately for him, he had already cleaned off the drive and was preparing to low-level format the hard drive anyway. He will start with a cold boot from a clean diskette before proceeding (don't want to spread the beast any further). He has contacted the vendor and alerted them to the problem. As always, there are no guarantees, but it would seem that the Ontrack diskette caused the infection. Disclaimer: This was meant for information only. It was not intended to nail anyone to the wall (except for the ******* that wrote the virus to begin with!!) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _ /| Arthur J. Gutowski, System Programmer \'o.O' MVS & Antiviral Group / WSU University Computing Center =(___)= Bitnet: AGUTOWS@WAYNEST1 Internet: AGUTOWS@WAYNEST1.BITNET U PH: (313) 577-0718 *or* AGUTOWS@cms.cc.wayne.edu Bill sez "Ackphtth"