On (14 Apr 97) Will Eckard wrote to Mark Gaulton...
 WE> MG>Recently, I was asked to work on a new system for a relative.  I
 WE> loaded   >up dos 6.22 and win 3.1 with a full standard configuration. 
 WE> Immediately aft   >that, the 1.44 FDD stopped reading 1.44 and only
 WE> acted as a 720.  Around the   >same time, I was trying to transfer
 WE> files onto floppy from my system and it   >started to chew up my
 WE> disks.  I was just wondering if there was anything tha   >may be
 WE> related to a virus.  I have run a full system scan using Scan 3.0,  
 WE> >fprot 2.26 and tbav 7.07.  Any help would be appreciated.
 WE>   >Contact would be appreciated at mgaulton@interlog.com or
 WE>   >mark.gaulton@sheridanc.on.ca if at all possible.
 WE> MG>... "Yes, I bet you have" - Han Solo
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 WE> MG>MAXX  | mark.gaulton@sheridanc.on.ca & mgaulton@interlog.com
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 WE> Yes there is a virus that does that. It damages every 3.5 disk stuck
 WE> in the infected computer. The read/write pins dig into the disk.....
Virus NAME please ......
Gordon
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