VIRUS-L Digest Thursday, 10 Nov 1988 Volume 1 : Issue 3 Today's Topics: Whole Earth Catalog virus prevention section Re: Internet worm proceedings Re: UH Business School gets hit by Brain (PC) Re: Previous re-posting of RISKS digest Re: The Virus That Hit Houston --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1988 10:21 EST Subject: Whole Earth Catalog virus prevention section I just saw an advance issue of the new Whole Earth Catalog, which is now called contact and published by Crown Publishers, 255 Park Ave South, NY NY I believe. (Stewart Brand, who originated the WEC idea) gave a talk in Banff and he was waving it around. It has a fairly extensive section on viruses and virus prevention programs, as well as other technology related types of stuff, and looks well worth reading. It may be in the bookstores already, though Stewart didn't think so. I will check in New York City next week. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1988 11:34 EST From: Claudia Lynch Subject: Re: Internet worm proceedings Fortunately, in the United States, a civilian is assumed innocent until proven guilty. I say let the normal course of "justice" take its course. All any of us on this list have to go on is "hearsay". Claudia Lynch Academic Computing Services University of North Texas Denton, Texas [Ed. Does anyone have any reliable updates in the RTM case? There's been a lot of debate (on the Usenet group comp.protocols.tcp-ip) as to whether or not Mr. Morris should be charged. Some say that, "he didn't intend for the harm..." while others say "regardless of intent, harm was done...". It will be interesting to see just what happens in this case. How do others feel about it?] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 88 12:42:21 CDT From: "James N. Bradley" Subject: Re: UH Business School gets hit by Brain (PC) The UH Business School was hit by the Brain virus. According to news reports, they handled it fairly quickly, and limited damage. According to the Houston Chronicle, some students reported minor loss of data, but the quotes out of the administration indicated that it was more of a nuisance than a disaster. Jim Bradley Computing Information Services University of Houston Acknowledge-To: ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1988 14:06:16 EST From: Ken van Wyk Subject: Re: Previous re-posting of RISKS digest Earlier today, I sent out a re-posting of some virus-related RISKS digest material. In editing the message, I believe that I removed some relevant information inadvertantly. To clarify what was removed: Subscription/unsubscription requests for the RISKS forum should be sent to: Submissions to the RISKS forum should be sent to: I apologize for any confusion that this may have caused. Ken ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 88 12:58:22 CDT From: Frank San Miguel Subject: Re: The Virus That Hit Houston The Virus That Hit Houston... whatta name for a movie. A Brain or "brain"-type virus hit the University of Houston's College of Business recently. Technicians say they've got it under control, but students are still grumbling about lost info. That's the scoop. ------------------------------ End of VIRUS-L Digest ********************* Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253