Preston@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (10/31/90)
I had a report from someone who has been having trouble with a small Novell 286 network. While the problems don't sound to me like any known executable file virus, perhaps someone has seen similar symptoms. The server is not dedicated. There have been a few file size changes, to COMMAND.COM, and other files, on the order of 3K in size. This is on server files, not workstation files. Once a message was printed "The world will hear from me again". The latest copy of McAfee's Scan shows nothing, and any copies of the "infected" files do not appear to have a virus infection after examination by experienced virus people. Entire directories (Public) and individual programs including the backup program have been wiped out several times. User logins have disappeared. There may have been unusual .BAT files appearing and disappearing. The server has been downed several times. If anyone has seen any symptoms similar to this recently, please let me know. Charles M. Preston CompuServe 74025,367 Box 240027 907-344-5164 Anchorage, AK 99524 BIX cpreston