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Article #89**PC Virus Outbreak (STONED)**
From: Russell Herman
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1989 22:18
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1989 22:18
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The 'STONED' virus has infected 2 PCs in the satellite room here in Mechanical Engineering. It will eventually reformat your hard drive if undetected. MacAfee's "SCAN" programs will detect its presence, and there is a set of disinfectants available called "MD". If you have something to read the boot sector you can look for the "LEGALIZE MARIJUANA" message in the boot sector of any disk you suspect. If you cannot disinfect, a low-level format of the hard disk is required. ---=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--- Russ Herman | Internet: rwh@me.utoronto.ca | University of Toronto Comp. Sys. Mgr. | UUCP: uunet!utai!me!rwh | Dept. of Mech. Eng. (416)978-4987 | | 5 King's College Rd. (416)978-7753fax| | Toronto, ON M5S 1A4 Canada
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!me!rwh From: rwh@me.utoronto.ca (Russell Herman) Newsgroups: ut.general Subject: **PC Virus Outbreak (STONED)** Message-ID: <89Nov23.171846est.19490@me.utoronto.ca> Date: 23 Nov 89 22:18:37 GMT Distribution: ut Organization: U of T Mechanical Engineering Lines: 15