[comp.virus] CVIA reports new virus at Ohio State

garyt@Sun.COM (08/30/89)

Forwarded message from John McAfee on the Homebase BBS:

   A new boot sector virus has been turned in to the CVIA.  The virus
was first discovered at Ohio State University by Terry Reeves in May
of this year.  It is a floppy-only variety.  It will infect any new
diskette as soon as the diskette is accessed (COPY, DIR, DEL, Program
Load, etc.), similar to the Pakistani Brain.  The virus will freeze
the system if a <ctrl><alt><del> is pressed and a cold boot is then
required.  When the virus activates, the first copy of the FAT becomes
corrupted.  No other sysmptoms have been reported.  More information
will be supplied after a detailed analysis.