Possible Virus?

[Becky Palgi <rdpalgi@MINDSPRING.COM>]

Hi, Folks -

Here's a strange story. One of our teachers reported that two of her
students using separate laptop computers at separate times were typing
answers to research questions in an MS Word document. Suddenly, words
started appearing across the screen as though someone else were typing
them. She said the messages included abbreviated profanity and some type
of intimate story about a man and a woman. She actually saw this happen
on one computer and said the student did not have his hands on the keyboard.

At first I thought it might be possible that someone at another school
had hacked into the network and was sending messages using the Novell
messaging tool. But, the teacher said the text was actually entered in
the Word document. I know the Malissa virus demonstrates behavior
similar to this in Word documents, so I am wondering if this might be
some type of nuisance virus. There were three reports from staff members
today who said the received screen messages that a virus had been
detected in their computers. Also, we do not have any type of security
software that allows network administrators to take remote control of
workstations, so this can be ruled out. Any ideas?

Becky

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Becky Palgi, Media Specialist/NBCT
McGee's Crossroads Middle School
13353 NC Highway 210
Benson, NC 27504
Phone: 919-894-6003   Fax: 919-894-6007
Personal Email - rdpalgi@mindspring.com
School Email - beckypalgi@johnston.k12.nc.us
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