Re: Virus

[JSchaffner <jschaffner@IGC.ORG>]

The same thing happened to me, but after a few minutes of not being able to
move the cursor, it just disappeared. I hope it is really gone.
Judith Schaffner
Librarian
MS 201
Bronx, NY
jschaffner@igc.org

"Zika, Leigh Ann" wrote:

> Just a quick heads-up for all listserve members...
> Yesterday as I was going through and deleting emails I had received on
> the listserve over the weekend, a large, black circle popped up on my
> computer screen.  Around the edges of the circle the desktop was still
> visible, and any icons that you could see were still functioning
> normally, however, I could not move or select and delete the circle.
> After unsuccessfully attempting to get rid of the circle through a shut
> down, I called the district technology staff. =20
> The determination:  I had been hit with a worm virus, spread via email.
> It's name:  W95.Hybris.  It took the tech person several hours of virus
> scanning to isolate the program and get it off the computer. =20
> Hopefully noone else was hit, as I didn't see any other announcements
> this morning!
>
> Leigh Zika
> Media Generalist
> Eveleth-Gilbert Jr. High
> Eveleth, MN=20
> lzika@isd2154.k12.mn.us
>
> =

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