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Article #8878Possible lurking virus problemer
From: Patrick D. Champion
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 15:18
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 15:18
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Hello. Does anyone know of a virus that deletes the root directory on drive C? I have run into this problem 3 times on so far - once on each of three PCs. I have run SIMTEL's scan42 and when I download scan52 will run that also. But they come up with no virus's. Also, the command.com hasn't grown, nor the to system files. Any ideas anyone? I could run a program to check for viruses writing to .EXE or .COM files, but my bosses don't look favourably on anything running on the PC's besides the software that we bought. Thanks for the help -- Patrick D. Champion My views are completely my own and Epidemiology Data Coordinating Center should not be construed as relating University of Pittsburgh in anyway to those for whom I work. pdccs@unix.cis.pitt.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwvax!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!pdccs From: pdccs@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Patrick D. Champion) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Possible lurking virus problemer Message-ID: <21698@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 18 Jan 90 15:18:31 GMT Reply-To: pdccs@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Patrick D. Champion) Distribution: usa Organization: Epidemiology Data Center Lines: 16