> >From: Anthony Korotko Hatch <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wednesday, 8 Jun 1994 11:56:11 -0400 (EDT) >Subject: Internet Virus Alert > > > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > From: MX%"[log in to unmask]" 6-JUN-1994 16:23:41.32 > To: CORBIT > CC: > Subj: 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. > > Frank Potter > CSSO > > Mary Jane Miller Mary Jane Miller, Dept. of Film Studies, Dramatic and Visual Arts, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S 3A1. Phon;e (416) 688 5550 ext 3584, Fax: (416) 682 9020, e-mail: [log in to unmask]