Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ri09+ From: ri09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert W. Igo) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Possible bug in Borland's Turbo C compiler v?? Message-ID: Date: 2 Apr 91 15:54:19 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 25 Offhand, I can't remember the version. It's either 3.0 or 5.0. Anyway, here's the deal: Often (about once every 10 minutes) when I compile with the make option (F9) the entire compiler will lock up and go off somewhere to hibernate. Most times, I am able to do a warm reboot, but it has also locked me out from doing that. Also, on rarer occasion, when my program is writing output to the hard drive (D:\TP, specifically) it will freeze in the same manner. This error has never occured before, and it started occuring on 4/1/91, yes April fool's day. I remember once being told never to enter a date which was a Friday the 13th or April fool's day because it might activate any latent viruses which the computer may have. So far, the error has been limited to the TP compiler and its compiled programs. Writing output to the hard disk seems to be a common denominator in the errors. I realize that this is a bit broad, and perhaps no one can draw any conclusions, but what I really need to know is if the computer is infected with a virus, or is this a TP bug? If a virus is suspected, can anyone tell me of any good vaccine programs for IBM compatibles? --Thanks for any help in advance, Bob