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echo: virus_info
to: CHRIS EVANS
from: GORDON FREY
date: 1997-07-24 07:29:00
subject: Virus wipes root C files

On (22 Jul 97) Chris Evans wrote to Gordon Frey...
GF> CE> Does anyone know whether this sounds like a known virus? ... last
GF> CE>Thursday all
GF> CE> the files in root C (not in dir's) were wiped, and this Thursday my
GF> CE> config and
GF> CE> autoexec files, including .bak ones, were wiped.
 CE> [reply]
GF> Download the latest update for McAfee and one of the other
GF> trail packages from: F-prot, Dr. Sol, or TBAV.
 CE> Hi Gordon, do you mean you have heard of this virus?
No, but you should use 2 different scanners to rule out a virus.  
I've had problems with hostile java scripts when browsing some 
sites on the internet deleting files though (hacking/pkr/virii 
site).
Gordon
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