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About the Michelangelo virus ... A Public Service Message from Peter Norton
There's been plenty of apprehension in the business community lately about
the Michelangelo Virus. How many DOS PCs will be hit when it activates is
anyone's guess. Personally, I would be disappointed to see even a few
people lose their data.
As viruses go, Michelangelo is particularly destructive (there are more
than 1,000 other known DOS viruses and strains today). If your computer
is infected, every year, on March 6, Michelangelo will reformat your hard
disk and then overwrite it to make sure your data can't be recovered.
The Michelangelo Virus is spread by floppy disks, rarely over networks
or on-line services. Once your PC is infected, every floppy disk you use
will be infected automatically by the virus.
The Michelangelo Virus moves the hard disk partition table even before it
activates, so simply deleting the virus makes DOS unable to access your data.
It also corrupts the root directories of floppy disks it infects, so you can
lose access to your files.
The virus can be eliminated at any time before it activates, but when it
has activated, the repair cannot restore the contents of your hard disk.
HOW TO CURE IT BEFORE MARCH 6TH
The good news here is that most careful PC users aren't infected. But
just to be sure, the Norton AntiVirus Lab has created a special, free version
of the Norton AntiVirus.
The Norton AntiVirus has been protecting people against the Michelangelo
Virus for 7 months (we found it before it spread). This special edition will
detect and eliminate only the Michelangelo Virus from your system, in just a
few minutes.
As a company whose customers number in the millions, we feel it's our
duty to help keep all computer users safe from threats like this one. That's
why Symantec is joining with computer industry and business publications to
bring you this special software program. I hope you take advantage of it,
and enjoy safe computing for years to come.
Sincerely, /s/ Peter Norton
P. S. If you have DOS 3.3 or above, and don't get protection before March 6,
set your PC clock ahead to March 7 on or before March 5. This won't get rid
of the virus, but it may prevent it from activating and reformatting your
hard disk on March 6 of this year, if you haven't eliminated the virus by
then.
Symantec does not warrant that the Norton AntiVirus will meet your require-
ments or that all strains of the Michelangelo Virus will be detected and
eliminated. IN NO EVENT WILL SYMANTEC BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS OR
LOST DATA ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE NORTON ANTIVIRUS. Symantec and
the Norton AntiVirus are trademarks of Symantec Corporation C 1992