On 16 Oct 98 at 9:22, Swartz, Richard (DUU) wrote:

> On the 26th (or the 24th?) of the month (I'm not sure if it's any month, or
> just the month August) the CIH Virus supposedly overwrites the CMOS ram.

  There are at least four different strains of CIH around.  I believe
the deadly one[*] only strikes in August, but at least one of the
others strikes on the 26th of ANY month.

[*] I think this is the one that is supposed to overwrite Flash BIOS,
which is different from (and much worse than) corrupting CMOS.

David G

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