virus alert

I'm not sure what this list-serve's ground rules are for forwarding virus
alerts (I suppose too many would be a drag), but this latest alert,
forwarded to me through the National Writer's Union, seemed worthy of
distribution.  Deb F.

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:03:19 -0700
	>From: Bruce Hartford <bruceh@wwwriters.com>
	>Reply-To: nwu-da@nwu.org
	>Sender: owner-nwu-da@igc.org
	>Subject: [NWU-DA]: Virus alert
	>To: nwu-da@nwu.org
	>X-Sender: bruceh@shell5.ba.best.com
	>
	>I've checked this out through the CERT web site (http://www.cert.org) and
	>they report it as a real alert. 
	>
	>There is a time-bomb virus known as CIH (AKA "Chernobyl") that is set to
	>detonate on infected Windows 95 or Windows 98 systems when they are powered
	>up on Monday (April 26th, the anniversary of the Chernobyl meltdown). The
	>virus wipes all data off your hard drive and then attacks your computer's
	>BIOS which is a key part of the internal operating system. In worst case,
	>that you might have to take your system into a repair shop to have the BIOS
	>chip replaced. Under some circumstances the virus can be transmitted via
	>email and then lies dormant until April 26th, so infections are possible. 
	>
	>They claim that anti-virus software will check and clear this virus, but
	>ONLY if you have recently updated its virus definitions. So, I recommend
	>the following four-step program:
	>
	>1. Back up your key data before next monday.
	>
	>2. If you don't have anti-virus software, get some.
	>
	>3. Update your virus software's definitions via modem (this has to be done
	>even with newly purchased packages).
	>
	>4. Run the anti-virus program. 
	>
	>									--bruce

I've visited the CERT site and it appears to confirm
Bruce's validation.

Randy
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