JFORD1%UA1VM.BITNET@VMA.CC.CMU.EDU (James Ford) (09/09/89)
{Taken from the Crimson White, a student newspaper at the University of
Alabama in Tuscaloosa.}
A computer virus call "nVir" was discovered in early August after it
infested itself into a number of University department MacIntosh computer
systems.
David Benson, Production manager for Student Publications, said the
virus has completely infected the computer system of the Publications
Building and is still active in the College of Communications and Rose
Administration Buildings. Benson said the virus caused his computer to
break down and erase 1.5K hours of programming.
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comparison of computer vs human virus deleted.
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Largin said he has approximately 200 disks of his own and noted
that the college had "hundreds and hundreds"
The program Interferon is being used to track down the virus and
another called Vaccination is being used to treat the disks