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  The following alert was distributed on our internal systems yesterday, since 
PC-Today is distributed widely I redistribute it to EUNET.

Disclaimer:

    I dont know particularly much about Viruses so you wont have any joy out
of asking me how, why and when a.s.o.
                                  
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                           URGENT - VIRUS ALERT                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
      The free diskette distributed with the August issue of PC TODAY        
      contains a virus. The virus is known as the "OGRE" or "DISK-           
      KILLER" virus.                                                         
                                                                             
           *    DO NOT use the diskette.                                     
                                                                             
           *    Physically DESTROY the diskette.                             
                                                                                
           *    If you have used the diskette already then you may have      
                infected your pc, therefore :-                               
                                                                             
                a.   isolate the pc and any floppies that may be             
                     infected.                                               
                                                                             
                b.   inform your management and any staff who may have       
                     used the pc.                                            
                                                                             
                c.   contact your support organisation (or PC Today) for     
                     instructions on how to deal with the virus.             
                                                                             
                                                                             
      The virus infects floppy and hard disks. If the pc is left             
      switched on for more than 48 hrs the virus encrypts the bootable       
      disk partition.                                                        
      If you have the appropriate tools the search pattern for the virus     
      is hex "2EA1 1304 2D08 002E A313 04B1 06D3 E08E" at offset 0C3 on      
      track 0 of the diskette                                                
                                                                             
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