Compadres,

It occurred to me that recent postings on the CIH virus might
alarm/panic some folks (unnecessarily).

A good source of info on CIH (and other viri) _appears_ to be
www.datafellows.com. The following is extracted from that site:

 "The most common version of the virus, CIH 1.2, activates on the 26th
  of April. At this time, it can overwrite the hard disk and the flash
  BIOS of an infected computer -- causing complete loss of data, and
  possibly rendering the computer unusable. Data Fellows is advising
  all computer users to check their systems with an anti-virus program
  and back up their data.

  CIH does not pose a risk to users of DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows NT or
  Macintosh users. It only replicates and activates under Windows 95
  and Windows 98."

Most (but by no means _all_) readers are running Win9x. The
web site also offers detection program(s).

  Zalut,
  David

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