Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!apple!voder!pyramid!prls!philabs!micomvax!ray From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Anyone infected by "Brain" virus? Message-ID: <1300@micomvax.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 88 16:53:06 GMT References: <10111@eddie.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada Lines: 23 In article <10111@eddie.MIT.EDU> zermelo@eddie.MIT.EDU (L Richard Duffy) writes: >.... Well, later that afternoon my friend noticed >that the volume label on one of his floppies at work had been somehow >changed to "(c) Brain", and he also found a message giving the phone >number in Pakistan for this company (which I gather will decontaminate >your software for a fee). > >The friend asked me for advice; he and his colleagues have enormous >amounts of pirated stuff which they use with their extensive databases, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >etc. Obviously he's afraid that data might start evaporating or >changing sometime soon, and wants any and all advice. Hey! At last! A virus that appears to have done the world some good - evaporate away dear data! (no...no smiley face) -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ..!philabs!micomvax!ray Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090