I don't know anything more about this virus other than what I read in
this message. I'm passing it along at face value.
Howard Polonsky
Mt. Holyoke College
S. Hadley, MA
hpolonsk@mtholyoke.edu
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I read the following alert in the latest issue of Bits & Bytes Online and
thought others might want to be aware of it. Since I'm not currently
subscribed to JOBPLACE or SPUNET-L, I'm not sure if this announcement has
made its rounds already.
A virus has been discovered on Internet that is disguised as CD-ROM
shareware. Unknown hackers have illegally put the Chinon name on a
destructive shareware file and released it on the Internet. This
catastrophic virus is named "CD-IT". -- DO NOT DOWNLOAD. IT WILL
CORRUPT YOUR HARD DRIVE. The program, allegedly a shareware PC utility
that will convert an ordinary CD-ROM drive into a CD-Recordable (CD-R)
device, which is technically impossible, instead destroys critical system
files on a user's hard drive. The program also immediately crashes the
CPU, forces the user to reboot and stays in memory.
******** WIDEST DISSEMINATION IS REQUESTED **********
[These programs make their way to the local BBS systems in no time, so
even if you aren't directly on the Internet, keep an eye out for this one.]
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