IPBR400@INDYCMS.BITNET (Pat Ralston) (04/29/91)
This posting is just to let the virus trackers know.... We have had our first reported sighting of Dark Avenger here at IUPUI (Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis) It showed up on a LAN server in one of our open computer clusters. It was eradicated but the software it damaged had to be reinstalled on the server. I have been, for some time, suggesting that our computer clusters have a dedicated viurs checking DOS computer and a dedicated Mac. And that our users be requested to submit their disks for checking before they enter the cluster to use the LAN. Of course, that would not absolutely insure a virus free LAN but it would help us help innocent and uninformed users. My suggestion is getting more attention now that we were hit on the server. Thanks again to all those people out there that made it possible for us to catch and destroy this virus -- both documentation and virus checking software were a big help to us. Pat Ralston IUPUI