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From: dean@violet.berkeley.edu (Dean Pentcheff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: pc virus ?
Summary: Is this the Friday 13 virus, second time around?
Keywords: ibmpc, virus.
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Date: 19 Jan 89 08:46:12 GMT
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In article <7259@techunix.BITNET> ssreefc@techunix.BITNET (florin coter) writes:
>        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....
....
>        On both machines there are some antivirus programs. none of them
>signaled "infestation".

About a year ago there was a PC virus, released in Israel,  designed to
trigger on Friday the 13 (any Friday the 13th).  This "new" virus may be
the same old one reappearing now that we've just passed another Friday 13th.
I seem to recall that the last virus was discovered at Technion, so you may
try calling the computer center or some programmers to find out.  I think
the last virus was designed to destroy data files, so I'd advise you to stop
using the computers in question until you are sure you've eradicated this 
beast.

Good luck.  Not a very convincing demonstration of "anti-viral" programs, eh?

-Dean

Dean Pentcheff        dean@violet.berkeley.edu
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