JIM@UCF1VM.BITNET (Jim Ennis) (10/05/89)
Hello, Viruses were covered on the CNN 'AT&T Information and Technology' segment of the CNN Daybreak show Weds, 10/4/89. There was a good non-techie description of what a virus is, how it spreads and some safe computing (safe sex) practices. They did not mention how to detect the virus and remove, or who you could contact for more information. They had short pieces with Winn Schwartau 'American Computer Security', Richard Carr 'NASA', and Ross Greenberg 'Software Author'. The show seems to be lumping all computer security problems as 'viruses', it did not attempt to differentiate (sp?) the different types of problems facing computers. Also, they said that the virus will not affect many people, they did not give any estimates on the number of possible infections (which from following this list is pretty small). The segment might run on Sunday during the 'Science & Technology' half hour show (usually in the early afternoon). It was only about 3-4 minutes long. Jim Ennis UCF Computer Services