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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!bradley.bradley.edu!camelot!widow
  3. From: widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett)
  4. Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT!
  5. Message-ID: <widow.726489524@camelot>
  6. Sender: news@bradley.bradley.edu
  7. Organization: Bradley University
  8. References: <1ijesfINNfdk@ub.d.umn.edu>
  9. Date:  8 Jan 93 10:38:44 GMT
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  12. In <1ijesfINNfdk@ub.d.umn.edu> jgregory@ub.d.umn.edu (jennifer gregory) writes:
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  14.  
  15. >Just a quick note, as I've already seen posts referring to pkzip 2.04c --
  16. >I nabbed a copy off of wuarchive.wustl.edu -- it has, in two files, once
  17. >extracted, strains of the MALTESE AMOEBA virus, which cannot be repaired.
  18. >Luckily, I scanned before execing anything, and I thought I would warn you
  19. >all.
  20.  
  21.     It's been reported that older versions of Norton Anti-Virus
  22.     will give this message.  However if you update NAV (if that's
  23.     what you're using), it will be okay.
  24.  
  25.     So basically its a false alarm.
  26.  
  27.  
  28. Shaun Burnett            |    "You can't survive on a new planet with a
  29. widow@camelot.bradley.edu   |    soul full of hope and fresh air you know."
  30. OS/2--Happy Happy Joy Joy--OS/2        -  Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
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