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From: FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois)
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Subject: Re: viruses rumors
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Date: 26 Feb 89 02:42:27 GMT
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Here is what I remember about the clock virus rumors.  These rumors showed
up within a few onths of the a2000 release and the symptoms were odd
happenings with the clock ranging from wrong times to poor time-keeping to
shut-down.  People were pulling the batteries out so as to "clear out the 
virus".  The official word is that the clock had a bug and that caused the
odd symptoms.  There is no place for a virus to exist in the clockand the 
rumor was started because:
	1. The SCA virus had just shown up and everybody was more than a 
	   bit nervous.
and
	2. Messages were posted theorizing the clock hardware had some EEPROM
	   in it where the virus could reside until powered down.

I hope this rambling answer can help clear up the clock virus rumors(again).

Dana		"Amiga, the computer for the best of the rest of us"