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echo: virus_info
to: KURT WISMER
from: DANIEL PAQUET
date: 1997-01-25 11:38:00
subject: virus 2097?

 > > I had a strange thing happen to a systm i'am working on, the
 > > date jumped to 2097, the time and date are right, but the
 > > year changed, i have set the cmos back to the right year, but
 > > i always changes back, some programs will show the right year
 > > and date but most yell the they are to old and need to be
 > > updated. I keep setting the cmos but it keeps going back to
 > > the year 2097. Is this a virus? All scans say no virus,but
 > > someone has said that it is, can anyone help? Thanks...
 > DP> Hi!.. I'm not an expert in virus but i have something for you...
 > DP> Try to unplug your cmos "Battries"... Make shure that you
 > DP> keep you smos config before... I think that you know
 > DP> that...
 > what will removing the batteries do? theres no virus in his
 > cmos,
 > viruses can't infect cmos...
 > the solution is to use a good up-to-date scanner to find the
 > infected
 > objects and then replace them from known clean backups...
 > assuming there
 > really is a virus...
Really... And what about Jumper B... Did he hide in the cmos???
You know i'm not really and expert about virus hehe..
Daniel Paquet
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