Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!ngw!news.funet.fi!not-for-mail From: Joseph Fusco Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: virus alert Date: 10 Jun 1994 19:32:38 +0300 Organization: FUNET-NGW Lines: 68 Sender: daemon@news.funet.fi Distribution: alt Message-ID: <9405107712.AA771270597@okway.okstate.edu> Reply-To: jffavc@OKWAY.OKSTATE.EDU NNTP-Posting-Host: news.funet.fi Encoding: 2833 Text Comments: To: mmedia-l@itesmvf1.bitnet Comments: cc: emailman@vtvm1.bitnet, EDTECH%MSU.BITNET@psuvm.psu.edu, MMEDIA@vm.cnuce.cnr.it, multi-l@unlvm.bitnet, IMAMEDIA@umdd.umd.edu, IUMMEDIA@iubvm.bitnet, media-l@bingvmb.bitnet, cruise-l@unlvm.bitnet To: CDROM-L Redistribution This seemed urgent enough to post to as many lists as possible. Joseph Fusco, Jr. jffavc@okway.okstate.edu Oklahoma State University Audio Visual Center Electronic Media Services ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ Subject: virus alert Author: Jerry Harris at Audio-Visual Date: 6/7/94 8:54 AM From LANAD-L@vm1.ucc.okstate.edu X-Envelope-From: LANAD-L@vm1.ucc.okstate.edu Received: from vm1.ucc.okstate.edu by osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu id aa28335; 7 Jun 94 8:06 CDT Received: from OSUVM1.BITNET by VM1.ucc.okstate.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3047; Tue, 07 Jun 94 08:06:41 CST Received: from VM1.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU by OSUVM1.BITNET (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 3483; Tue, 07 Jun 94 08:06:21 CST Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 07:53:36 CDT Reply-To: OSU Netware LAN Administrators Discussion List Sender: OSU Netware LAN Administrators Discussion List From: Millard Harp Subject: virus alert Comments: To: davidb@okway.okstate.edu, thunder@okway.okstate.edu, LANAD-L@vm1.ucc.okstate.edu To: Multiple recipients of list LANAD-L ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ Subject: virus alert Author: "ACUAIS-L: ACUA Information Systems Auditing List" at SMTP Date: 6/6/94 4:24 PM >To all PC users, please be aware of the following... >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. > >----- End forwarded message <====================================> | RICH PEPER, EDP Auditor | | 913 Admin. Bldg, Internal Auditing | | Bowling Green State University | | Phone:(419) 372-9940 | | Fax: (419) 372-0345 | | RPEPER@ANDY.BGSU.EDU | | RPEPER@RADAR.BITNET | | -- FALCON COUNTRY U.S.A. -- | | Corinthians 1:3 | <====================================>