virus update for PCs in open systems lab
Rich Bails (richb@cc.gatech.edu)
Fri, 5 Apr 1996 13:10:27 -0500 (EST)
The following is a message I received from Jon Prescott concerning the
virus problem in open systems lab.
> Hey Jon,
>
> I cleaned the virus off the leftmost computer, but not the rightmost computer.
> It turns out that the Concept virus is mostly harmless - all it does is save
> your document as a template (.dot) instead of a document (.doc). Rather
> annoying, but at least it doesn't destroy your machine.
>
> The fix is in my directory as ~spark/dloads/WD1215.EXE. It's a self-
> extracting executable. To install it, copy the file scanprot.dot (I think
> that's the name) to the winword\templates directory, open up word, then open
> the scanprot.dot file. The macro will take it from there.
>
> At any rate, the rightmost pentium in the OSL does not have winword, so I
> couldn't run the fix. But as long as the document isn't touched (i.e., copied
> to another machine with word) it's harmless to the system. In fact, if you
> simply delete the file the virus will go away.
>
>
> steve
>
> --
>
> Steve Park, spark@cc.gatech.edu || Computing and Network
> (404) 894-9300, Room 224, College of Computing || Services, College of
> finger for pgp key, don't finger for schedule || Computing, Georgia Tech
> <a href="http://www.gatech.edu/steve/">Steve's Page</a>
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