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From: EMERSON@TURING.SDC.TASC.COM
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Need help with Beijing Virus (PC)
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Date: 8 Apr 91 20:01:29 GMT
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Help!
  I have a 286 12MHz IBM clone in my office that has been infected
with the Beijing Virus.  It has disabled my 3 1/2" floppy disk drive
for me and is infecting any diskette I happen to boot with that is not
write-protected.  Our virus guru found that on the 128th boot of my
PC, the message "Bloody!  June 4th 1989" will show up and then every
six times after that.  This virus lives in the boot sector of my hard
disk.
   Needless to say, I'd like to disinfect my hard disk without having
to re-format it.  I'd like to have a "tool" available to use for the
next time this happens.  Is there anyone who can tell me of a piece of
software (and where to find it), or some method of getting rid of
this?  I have something that may work, but I need a SIGN.TXT file to
run it with.  Could I get a copy of this?  Any help is greatly
appreciated!!!!!
   Please send replies to:

        emerson@turing.sdc.tasc.com
or
        Amanda Emerson, phone # (617)942-2000

Thanks!