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To: Bill Ounce who wrote (169)	12/6/1999 10:33:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce	of 198

Y2K e-mail worm installs itself as a Y2K problem [This is pretty clever, in a dark sort of way.] computerworld.com oftware vendors Computer Associates International Inc. and Symantec Corp. today issued warnings about a destructive new virus that disguises itself as a year 2000 computer problem and, besides reformatting user hard drives, changes Internet Explorer home pages to an adult-content site. [...] The virus affects Windows 9x and NTplatforms, antivirus vendors said. Users have to manually delete registry-key files in their computers to get rid of MyPic after an infection or the virus will stick around and monitor the system clock, antivirus vendors said. When Jan. 1 arrives, the virus will create a file called C:\CBIOS.COM, which will write over checksum data in BIOS setup information (CMOS), causing the error message "CMOS checksum is invalid" the next time the user tries to boot up the system. Checksum data is used to verify the integrity of computer data. The message was designed to make users think the problem is related to the year 2000. [...]

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