Fw: Virus - 26th

[FON MEE CHUNG]

Hello all,
For your own sake, please change your computer date to 27th before u log on
to Internet or even ICQ.  Here is a letter from a friend in InnoSabah
concerning this.

Chung Fon Mee
Automation Division
Sabah State Library
Tel:088-210154  Fax:088-233167
http://www.sbh.lib.edu.my

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Tsen <joseph.T at innosabah.com.my>
To: Recipient list suppressed <Recipient list suppressed>
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 4:53 PM
Subject: Virus - 26th


>There is a concern that tomorrow (26th of the month) could be the
>reoccurence of last month CIH virus attacked whereby 31 units of the PCs in
>Innosabah were affected on 26th April by the said virus.
>
>As you are aware that there are several variants of the CIH virus. Some are
>set to activate on the 26th of every month, while other variants activate
>just on 26th April or 26th June of the year. Once the CIH virus activates,
>the virus will wipe out all the data in the personal computer's hard drive.
> It will also attempts to overwrite the system BIOS. Some machines may
>require a new BIOS chip to recover if overwritten by the CIH virus.
>
>As a precautionary measures, kindly reset your computer date to 27th May
>1999 today before you log-off/shutdown your PC.
>
>The following are the procedures on how to reset your PC's date:
>1.  Double click on the "My Computer" icon on your desktop
>2.  Double click on the "Control Panel" icon
>3.  Double click on the "Date/Time" icon
>4.  Change the date to 27th May 1999.