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From article <1993Jan5.014743.18540@cs.yale.edu>, by bobf@flint.geology.yale.edu (Bob Fischer):
> Stephen Matson (stevem@solbourne.com) wrote:
> : 
> :  Recently my mouse has started to act less then obedient. It will work fine
> : for hours (or sometimes just minutes) and then , badabing badaboom, every
> : direction is reversed, up is down, down is up, left is.... well you get the 
> : idea. The only way to fix this is to save what I'm doing and cold start it.
> : 
> :  Could this just be my mouse or is it something inside my box? 
> : 
> :  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> I think this is an Atari virus.
> 
>

You're right, it is an Atari Virus.
Boot with CLEAN disks and using a disk utility, check the header
on the disk. (track 00, sector 00, side 0)
If it isn't 00, then it has a jump instruction (60 I think).
This means the disk runs something before going to the AUTO folder
(or whatever).
CAUTION: some commercial disks have this jump intruction.
DON'T mess with it if you don't know what you're doing.

If it has data, change the jump instruction to 00 00.
This will stop the disk from running the virus.
You can now safely remove your data and format the little bugger.
Make sure you check your disks for it - it may have spread.
Best thing is to use a virus killer as this will recognise a virus
from a commercial disk.

Best of luck.

Antony,