Possible Virus? (PC)

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From: R. B. Evans
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 15:02

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I have a Packard Bell 286 with the following problem:

Every once in a while (50-300 characters typed) a character typed at
the keyboard doesn't seem to *make-it* to the PC, and instead produces
an audible beep.  In addition, the keyboard occasionally shifts into a
mode where the SHIFT key is being held down, (types !@# instead of
123), but the shift key has not been hit, so is not physically
sticking.

Packard Bell Technical Support has been unable to fix the problem.
They have replaced three keyboards, two motherboards, and one power
supply in their *troubleshooting* efforts.  With all this hardware
replaced, I suspect a possible virus, but Scan V77 shows no viruses
found.

If anyone has any ideas as to how to fix this annoying problem, please
E-mail me your suggestions/ideas.

Thanks in advance,

Robert Evans
evans@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu

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