Max Timchenko wrote:

> Well, I heard of one that constantly seeks the head while someone is
> accessing the disk. The symptoms will be a grinding noise and extremely
> slow data transfer. Eventually, this will damage a drive since a servo
> that drives the head has a life span. I think this virus would be
> detected by any antivirus program that is at least 5 years old...

  Hi Max:

   This old Toadie virus (below) will slow down DOS and older Windows
machines, but I've never seen a virus that would destroy servos. If you
think of the name of the one you mentioned drop us a line.

http://europe.datafellows.com/v-descs/toadie.htm

All the best,

Russell Smith
Edtech Consultant, Journalist
Region 14 ESC Abilene
http://camalott.com/~rssmith
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