Peter_Johnston@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca (04/17/91)
The University of Alberta has recently been hit by a new PC virus
("Evil Empire"). As often happens in such cases, we were caught less
than fully prepared and have been scrambling (with much help from
various anti-viral experts on the net) to react to this threat. We are
now making progress and hope to soon announce a full recovery.
We have also over the past two years started seeing other examples of
malicious code on Macintosh and PC machines, both in our public labs
and on individual student and staff machines.
As a result, management here is now more sensitized to the problem and
we are in the process of developing a more formalized campus-wide
"Malicious Code Response Policy" that can be used as a starting point
for future responses. It will address all facets of the problem when
it is done: emergency response, prevention, escalation policies, who
to contact, how to do certain things, etc. I have been asked to
develop it, and have several ideas of my own with with which to start.
However, I am sure that other organizations have faced the same
situation and may have such policies already in place.
I would appreciated receiving advice, suggestions, or text of already
developed anti-viral policies from members of the net. In return, I
would be pleased to share our policy when developed with members of
the net.
If you can help, please forward materials to me either electronically
or by physical mail (machine readable if possible) to one of the
addresses below. The QuickMail address is not (yet!) quite as reliable
as the others.
If there are any special conditions that you wish attached to material
submitted (such as confidentiality), please so state and we will abide
by them. Thanks...
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Peter Johnston | Voice : 403/492-2462
University Comput Systems | FAX : 403/492-1729
352 GenSvcBldg, | BitNET : usergold@ualtamts
The University of Alberta | Internet : usergold@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca
Edmonton, Alberta | QuickMail: Peter_Johnston@
Canada T6G 2H1 | : quest.ucs.ualberta.ca
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