Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: jjsc@informatics.rutherford.ac.uk Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Anyone heard of the SYSLOCK virus? (PC) Message-ID: <0008.9002081228.AA07034@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 6 Feb 90 15:46:15 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 24 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I'm posting this request on behalf of a friend who doesn't have access to news. Also, I don't always read this newsgroup, so please mail any replies direct to me. If there is sufficient response, I will summarise to the net. The subject line says it all really...does anyone know anything about the so- called "SYSLOCK" virus, and in particular, how it works, how to get rid of it? It has been discovered on "Compaq 286 & 386's and PS2/30 + 20Mb HD". All my friend knows about it is that it appears to add ~3500 bytes to files and spreads quickly! Any help anyone could give would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance, John =============================================================================== John Cullen || JANET : jjsc@uk.ac.rl.inf System Support Group || ARPA : jjsc%inf.rl.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Informatics Department || BITNET: jjsc%uk.ac.rl.inf@ukacrl Rutherford Appleton Laboratory || UUCP : {...!mcvax}!ukc!rlinf!jjsc Chilton, Didcot, Oxon. OX11 0QX || VOICE : +44 (0)235 821900 ext 5739 ===============================================================================