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>Subject: RE: #5408 virus warning (fwd)
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:05:28 -0600
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Ed,
we had the same thing happen here with 7 of our lab PCs (out of 50 or so).
We haven't yet figured out what caused the problem, but they croaked on
Friday, Dec. 3 after about 6pm. We reloaded them and haven't had a chance to
really dig into it since. We thought it was malicious patrons (sorry, make
that mischievous students). I'll pass on any insights we get.
KN
Kelly Nelson, Software Support and Enduser Trainer
Mt. Mercy College
1330 Elmhurst Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
319/363-8213 x1318
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> --- Forwarded Message from Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:31:24 -0500 (EST)
> >From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: virus warning (fwd)
> >To: LLTI <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Ciao,
> This is a memo from our tech support department about a virus or other
> phenomenon that crashed all our lab computers, and made for a wonderful
> (*ironic frown*) Monday morning discovery when I opened the lab.
> Has anyone had a problem w/ this, or does anyone know its genesis?
> Thanks,
> Ed
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:43:58 -0500 (EST)
> From: Matt Spann <[log in to unmask]>
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> To: FSP Information <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: virus warning
>
> I just want to warn all of you about a virus-like problem that
> ITS has been
> working on since yesterday afternoon. We have received reports of 17
> different computers(in 6 different departments, spread out over
> campus) that
> could not start-up. The error message received is, "Cannot find
> win.com" or
> something very similar to that. The computers are win95/98, and
> they appear
> to have most of their .sys and .com files deleted. It seems like
> something
> that was triggered on the 13th of the month, but we are not
> really sure, as
> there is no virus detected on these machines by the latest Dr
> Solomon's. We
> have searched virus encyclopedias, and haven't really found anything too
> close to the description above. If anyone knows anything about
> this, please
> let us know. Otherwise, we will keep you updated with any info we find.
> Thanks.
>
>
> Matthew Spann
> Senior Information Analyst
> Information Technology Services
> Tufts University
> 617-627-5893
>
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