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Re: Virus -non LBC (This is Real!)

To: "Dan Dwelley" <ddwelley@excite.com>, "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Virus -non LBC (This is Real!)
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:30:42 -0400
>Hey folks,
>
>Just wanted you to know that there is a virus out there. This is real! I
>work in the computer industry and I check these things out before I say
>anything. 
>
>The Washington "Post" reports that "a computer virus that can erase the
>information on a computer's hard drive and make it impossible to start
>programs will attack infected computers on Monday, April 26.  Called the
>"Chernobyl"
>virus, it is programmed to turn itself on April 26 - the anniversary of the
>Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
>
>The computer Emergency Response team at Carnegie Mellon U. has published an
>alert about the virus and how to eradicate it.  This can be found at:
>http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-99-03.html.  
>
>Good luck to all.
>
>Dan Dwelley
>77 Midget (Christine)
>Alexandria, Va.
>
>
>
Me and my Macs don't care!!

Larry

However my PC users might

Larry Macy
78 Midget

Keep your top down and your chin up

Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104


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