Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!cs.widener.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: MANAGER@LEMOYNE.BITNET (Dan Wheeler) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Plastique 5.21 IBM Virus Report (PC) Message-ID: <0009.9103211827.AA22577@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 20 Mar 91 19:42:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 15 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu Several IBM PS/2 computers have been infected at Le Moyne (Syracuse, NY) with what has been reported by IBM's VIRSCAN as the Plastique 5.21 virus (source unknown). We're virus novices - besides removing the machines from use and scanning other machines and disks, what should I do now before using the infected machines? [Ed. Follow-ups on VIRUS-L/comp.virus or private email, please.] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Wheeler, Academic Support Specialist Information Systems, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY 13214-1399 Office (315) 445-4582/4565 Home (315) 655-8193 WHEELER@LEMOYNE.BITNET - --------------------------------------------------------------------------