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From: ssreefc@techunix.BITNET (florin coter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: pc virus ?
Keywords: ibmpc, virus.
Message-ID: <7259@techunix.BITNET>
Date: 18 Jan 89 06:57:55 GMT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: Technion - Israel Inst. Tech., Haifa Israel
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        hello world,

        The following happened in one ibmPC inside the institute and in one
ibmPC at a staff member's home. Here it is the story:

        Durring editing some file ( or running a program at the othe machine )
a snow ball like "something appeared on the screen. The "ball" started to
move across the screen bouncing from some imaginary borders AND from some words
or letters. Exiting the current task or switching between text and graphic modes
did not cure the "ball". In both modes the shape of the ball was the same and
was nothing like any character from ibm extended character set. Turning the
machine off and on cured the "ball". Unfortunetely, only for a short period of t
ime.
        On both machines there are some antivirus programs. none of them
signaled "infestation".

        Any commenT ? help? advice ?

        Since this is new we have no statistics, yet.

Thanx, florin.

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Florin Coter
Home address:         40/37 Leon Blum St., Haifa, Israel.
Home phone:           04-386133.
Office address:       Solid State Institute, Technion, Haifa 3200, Israel.
Office phone:         04-293938/293613/293615.