XPUM04@prime-a.central-services.umist.ac.uk (Anthony Appleyard) (04/30/91)
[from Daily Telegraph (UK newspaper), Fri 28 April 1991] Results of years of research into the common cold have been threatened by a computer virus, writes Michael Fleet. Computer screens at the Common Cold Unit at the University of Wales, Cardiff, went blank this week when the virus spread after being introduced innocently by a student. "We first noticed it when we could not call up information on the latest literatrure about colds," said Dr.Ronald Eccles, the centre's director. Experts identified the virus as one which was first discovered in Belgium in 1989 and used a "disinfectant program" to cure it. [A.Appleyard: Any idea from the description what virus it was?] {A.Appleyard} (email: APPLEYARD@UK.AC.UMIST), Tue, 30 Apr 91 08:22:08 BST