IRMSS907@SIVM.BITNET (01/12/90)
Earlier today we found out that SHRINK-WRAPPED software called The Desktop Fractal Design System by Michael F. Barnsley, Iterated Systems, Inc. (1989) is infected with a virus. The program is sold through Academic Press and they are aware of the problem. VIRSCAN (the IBM product) identified it as the 1813 virus. Seems the EXE and COM files run since the offending software was loaded were all clobbered and their filesizes grew exponentially every time they were loaded. Interestingly enough, none of the network files were affected. Was it was pure luck or that the file attributes on the network COM & EXE files were set to READ ONLY? Oh, where's the aspirin !? Anyway, could somebody do a quick review of the atrocities which will befall us with the 1813 virus? Thanks. Mignon Erixon-Stanford, PROFS & LISTSERV Administratress Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. IRMSS907 @ SIVM