PC Virus via Internet Alert

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1 total messages Started by Loren Meissner Thu, 09 Jun 1994 15:00

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Author: Loren Meissner
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 1994 15:00

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PC users, please be aware of the following...

Date:  Wed, 25 May 1994 16:55:32 -1000
Subject: ALERT - Internet Virus

From:           FRANK H POTTER@G6HQTRS@MCAS CHERRY PT
Subject:        INTERNET VIRUS ALERT!
Date:           Wednesday, May 25, 1994  7:31:08 EDT

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A Virus has been discovered on Internet that is disguised as CD-ROM 
shareware.

Unknown hackers have illegally put the Chinon name on a destructive 
shareware file and released it on the Internet. This catastrophic virus is 
named "CD-IT". -- DO NOT DOWNLOAD. IT WILL CORRUPT YOUR HARD DRIVE. The 
program, allegedly a shareware PC utility that will convert an ordinary 
CD-ROM drive into a CD-Recordable (CD-R) device, which is technically 
impossible, instead destroys critical system files on a user's hard drive. 
The program also immediately crashes the CPU, forces the user to reboot and 
stays in memory.

Widest dissemination is requested.

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