Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Slaven" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.announce,scee.yaroze.programming.3d_graphics Subject: Re: RSD ANIM 1.5 - URGENT - VIRUS INFECTION Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 03:22:01 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 26 Message-ID: <6rlago$d2j14@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <01bdca0a$929ba700$230b0a0a@Angela1.intelligent-group.com> <35DD56CD.5DBD791B@scee.sony.co.uk> <35DD7600.F1FF6359@hinge.mistral.co.uk> <35DD7ABC.47B2D4C3@scee.sony.co.uk> <6rkb0a$d2j12@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <35DDB96E.AE8BE2F4@scee.sony.co.uk> <6rkq01$1qh5@scea> NNTP-Posting-Host: mfs2-dnbqz-011.gbr.compuserve.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Xref: chuka.playstation.co.uk scee.yaroze.announce:119 scee.yaroze.programming.3d_graphics:848 Steve Spiller wrote in message <6rkq01$1qh5@scea>... >It replicates in Win95 program files. It's a nasty bugger... Depending on >what version you have, on the 26th of any given month, it will attempt to >nuke your FlashBIOS and the MBRs of your hard disks. Yikes !! >>Well, I had to install Windows again, and most of my other apps. McAffee reported around 350 infected exes & wouldn't fix em, fortunately its a new PC (windows 98) & not much installed on it, it seemed simpler to nuke the hard disk & reinstall, this was after allowing McAffee to delete explorer - kind of like sawing off the branch your sat on. Didn't take too long, honest! Nick (S)