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Dangerous New Trojan Horse Virus Found on Internet
TORRANCE, Calif., April 29--A new "Trojan Horse" computer virus is on the Internet
and is labeled with the name of the fourth largest manufacturer of CD-ROM drives.
Chinon America Inc., the company whose name has been improperly used on the
rogue program, is warning IBM and compatible PC users to beware of the program,
known as "CD-IT.ZIP."
One of the clues that the virus, masquerading as a utility program, wasn't on the
up-and-up was that it purports "to enable read/write to your CD-ROM drive," a
physically impossible task.
CD-IT is listed as authored by Joseph S. Shiner, couriered by HDA, and copyrighted
by Chinon Products. Chinon America told Newsbytes it has no division by that name.
Other clues were obscenities in the documentation as well as a line indicating that
HDA stands for Haven't Decided a Name Yet.
If CD-IT is actually run, it causes the computer to lock up, forcing a reboot, and
then stays in memory, corrupting critical system files on the hard disk. Nothing but a
high-level reformat of the hard disk drive will eradicate the virus at this point, a
move that sacrifices all data on the drive. It will also corrupt any network volumes
available.
David Cole, director of research and development for Chinon, told Newsbytes that
the company knows of no one who has actually been infected by the program. "We
felt that it was our responsibility as a member of the computing community to alert
Internet users of this dangerous virus that is being distributed with our name on it,"
Cole explained.