Re: VIRUS ALERT -- Please Note

by "Alastair" <me(at)alastair.force9.co.uk>

 Date:  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 21:39:03 -0000
 To:  <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
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> The symptoms of this virus are as follows:
>
> 1) It's a hidden / invisible virus...difficult to detect without the
proper
> software tools

Sounds familiar...

> 2) It reproduces files at random with various names to them and different
> extensions

Yes - I've definitely come across this before...

> 3) It slowly, consistently and at random times erases the harddrive

I'm now almost certain...

> 4) It has not so far deleted any program files, but it has affected the
> performance of especially one: PHOTOSHOP

Yep, I've seen this one before. It's on my machine. It's called Windows...

Alastair
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