Virus on Microsoft Word

[Sheryl Lee <slee@ESU3.ESU3.K12.NE.US>]

Fellow Cybrarians --

In case you haven't seen or heard, I came across an article in the news
yesterday regarding a virus that is currently carried on
Microsoft Word (I don't think it indicated which platform).  As I recall,
the article said that a large *I* displayed on the screen when booting
indicates that the virus is present.  They also indicated that software
can be downloaded from the Microsoft site on the WWW to combat this
virus.  Apparently this poses a threat that no-one anticipated up 'til
now -- that a virus can be carried on a data base.

What have others heard about this and has anyone out there encountered a
problem yet?  We just began using 10 brand-new IBM compatibles with Word a
few weeks ago and so far everything's OK (I think).

Sheryl

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                  Sheryl Lee  _/   Waterloo Public School
  Library/Media Specialist   _/   Waterloo, NE
slee@esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us    _/   sher3333@aol.com
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