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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!van-bc!n1van.istar!news.InterGate.BC.CA!not-for-mail From: jordon@intergate.bc.ca (Jordon Randall) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: SYSLOCK Virus Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 21:41:27 GMT Organization: Centennial School Lines: 11 Message-ID: <32f4b7e7.5018104@news.intergate.bc.ca> Reply-To: jordon@intergate.bc.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: pm16s20.intergate.bc.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99g/32.339 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34918 I have McAfee virus scan for FreeBSD and it reports that I have about 60 instances of the syslock virus. I did some research into the virus, and all I can find is that it's a dos based virus that doesn't do much. But I'm wondering why I have the virus as soon as I install =46reeBSD from the dist files on ftp.cdrom.com. Also, I've noticed that the virus has spread to some gif files that have been put on the system. Does anyone know anything about this virus, and how to get rid of it without erasing all the files infected. (most of which come with it). Thanx.