Forwarding a Virus Alert

[Arnie Madsen <MADSEN@vms.cis.pitt.edu>]

  1. NETNEWS: INTERNET VIRUS ALERT!

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Date:    Thu, 9 Jun 1994 10:09:03 -0700
From:    H-RHETOR <HATCHG@jkhbhrc.byu.edu>
Subject: NETNEWS: INTERNET VIRUS ALERT!

[Moderator's note: This notice was forwarded by colleagues on H-Net:]

>>From:           FRANK H POTTER@G6HQTRS@MCAS CHERRY PT
>>Subject:        INTERNET VIRUS ALERT!

>>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.

>>   Greg W. Ebert
>>   Department of Chemistry                       Fax: (716) 878-4009
>>   SUNY College at Buffalo                     Voice: (716) 878-5015
>>   1300 Elmwood Avenue               Bitnet: EbertGW@SNYBUFVA.BITNET
>>   Buffalo, New York        Internet: EbertGW@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU
>>   14222


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