virus alert
Roger Burger (sl061@cc.usu.edu)
Mon, 13 Jun 1994 07:34:42 -0600 (MDT)
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> INTERNET VIRUS ALERT
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> A virus has been discovered on the Internet that is disguised as CD-ROM
>shareware. Unknown hackers have illegally put the Chinon name on the
>destructive shareware file and released it on the Internet. This catastrophic
>virus is named "CD-IT" -- DO NO DOWNLOAD. IT WILL CORRPUPT YOUR HARD DRIVE.
>The program allegedly a shareware PC utility that will convert an ordinary
>CD-ROM drive in to 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.
>
CD ROM Vol 2 was produced by staff at the Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories
and distributed free of charge as an educational service to the cytometry community.
If you have any comments please direct them to Dr. J. Paul Robinson, Professor & Director, PUCL,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Phone:(317) 494-0757; FAX (317) 494-0517; Web http://www.cyto.purdue.edu
EMAIL robinson@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu
