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  • From: "William Johnson" <lonestarnot AT hotmail.com>
  • To: internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Suspected virus in .CIL file
  • Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 17:15:51



From: "pawelka" <pawelka AT intrex.net>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:18:44 -0400

Some of us never learn that lesson...

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Stella L." <thumb_nails AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 07:14:01 -0700 (PDT)

I had problems trying to teach my students to get in
the habits of periodically saving and backing up their
files and all. Somehow they only learn when they lose
a file or two.


Ouch!
Caught red-handed, by a virus!
... and far too many days from my last backup.

Suspect: a Compressed Image Library (.CIL) file. (clip art)

I suffering temporary insanity and managed to delude myself
into thinking that code from a MAJOR SW vendor was safe. WRONG!
I didn't recover from that delusion until _after_ I'd
EXECUTED the self-extracting library.
(I don't know of any virus scanners that will catch it)


To be explicit, the evidence is circumstantial.
But when I tried to save the flyer with the clip art, both my
floppy (A:) and primary HD (C:) reported "full or busy".
So I tried to reboot.
... the system -- which worked continuously since July'98
-- has not been past a blinking cursor since.

My current plan is to unplug the HD and put it in my Linux box
so I can mount it and check it. But I'm not sure _precisely_
how to do that.

Is that even the right course?
Are there tools which would facilitate that? (low-cost tools?)
Are there other things I should try first?
e.g. how do I eliminate the possibility of a dead CMOS battery?
or is that even a common consideration any more?

Are there online guides to this type of recovery you'd recommend?

I'm currently using my wife's Win98 box, but I've been warned:
"Desktop changes may be hazardous to your health. Consequences
may include, divorce, castration, or mysterious combustion."

Combined with the potential loss of telework income,
that makes recovery a real priority.




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  • Re: Suspected virus in .CIL file, William Johnson, 05/16/2001

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