From: Walt Stafford <STAFFORD@BBRI.ERI.HARVARD.EDU>
  To  : rasmb@BBRI.ERI.HARVARD.EDU
  Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 20:49:17 -0400 (EDT)

PC virus

Passing this to all RASMB participants-


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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.

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