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David Strecker <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:22:30 -0400
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FYI Technetter's:

CIAC issued an update (4-17) on the AOL4FREE virus warning at 
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-47a.shtm.
Briefly, here is what they have to say:

April 17, 1997 23:00 GMT 


PROBLEM:       A Trojan Horse program called AOL4FREE.COM that deletes
all 
               files on a hard drive is circulating the Internet. 
PLATFORM:      DOS/Windows-based PCs 
DAMAGE:        When the AOL4FREE.COM program is executed, all files and 
               directories on the users C: drive are deleted. 
SOLUTION:      DO NOT execute this program. If the program starts
executing, 
               quickly pressing Ctrl-C will save some of your files. 

VULNERABILITY  Users who download the trojaned AOL4FREE.COM program and 
ASSESSMENT:    executes it will destroy all the files and directories on
their 
               DOS C: drive. 



CIAC has obtained a Trojaned copy of AOL4FREE.COM that destroys hard
drives.

NOTE: This is different from the AOL4FREE Virus Warning hoax message.

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-Dave Strecker
 Rockwell Automation/A-B


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