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From: Mick Fitzpatrick <[log in to unmask]>
>Norton Utilities has just found a virus on my PC!!! It may have been
there
>some time as I don't usually let Norton run. However, I cleaned it up
and
>Norton told me it could not remove the virus from certain files and
>suggested deleting them. These files are Norton exe and W98 programme
files
>so I'd prefer not to delete them. The virus (s) is called  W95.CIH
and
>W95.CIH 1075. This is the first time I've had a virus and I don't
know what
>to do next!! any advise will be welcome...TIA


Mick, here are some sites to visit concerning the virus CIH and it's
versions. If you don't have time to research this immediately, at
least do the following: DO NOT boot up your computer on the 26th of
the month (really!). CIH has a destructive payload that triggers when
booted on the 26th of any month. Either don't shut down your computer
on the 25th, and/or if you do shut down or it crashes on the 26th,
wait until the 27th to reboot.

HTH

jonathan gold

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/data/cih.html

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/zdnn_smgraph_display/0,3441,2122748,
00.html

http://www.stiller.com/cih.htm

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/cybercrime/viruswatch/story/0,3700,2121899,0
0.html

http://www.utexas.edu/cc/ds/alerts/win32cih.html

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