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To: Robert W. Popejoy who wrote (2347)	7/25/1998 10:37:00 PM
From: Harry	Respond to of 13094

Check the Symantec site for information and a fix. Harry

To: Robert W. Popejoy who wrote (2347)	7/25/1998 10:54:00 PM
From: rjinkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13094

Robert, The virus in question is called "Win32/CIH". This is a fairly nasty virus that just became known recently. This one is doubly lethal in that it not only destroys the partitioning information on your hard disk but also has the capability to damage the flash BIOS on some systems. If the BIOS is re-flashed then they must be replaced. Since most are soldered on the motherboard you are looking at a fairly timeconsuming and expensive task. The virus infects executable files (EXE). If you have downloading any from the net, you are at risk. There are four known variants of this virus. Two strike on April 26th, one on June 26th, and the last on the 26th of any month. At UT we have advised our faculty, staff and students to either get a virus protection program and run it prior to the 26th or do not use the system AT ALL on the 26th (power it off). There are several virus programs that can find and eradicate this virus. One we have used is Dr. Solomons. Beware! You must have the very latest release (in the last week) of these programs. If you should have Dr. Solomons, they have an extra virus driver available for download on their web page. Other vendors have additions to their virus dictionaries available also. Richard Jinkins