Virus reports are not our normal gig, but a major one has been reported. The CIH virus only affects Windows 95 and Windows 98. Macintosh, Windows NT and (presumably) Linux/Unix systems are not affected. According to the report ( www.utexas.edu/cc/ds/alerts/win32cih.html the virus “attempts to overwrite the flash-BIOS in infected machines.” The BIOS on a machine holds the programming that runs when a machine first starts. The virus also destroys the harddrive. It’s set to attack the 26th of a month, so check out the article today if you’re running 95 or 98.

Virus reports are not our normal gig, but a major one has been reported. The CIH virus only affects Windows 95 and Windows 98. Macintosh, Windows NT and (presumably) Linux/Unix systems are not affected. According to the report ( www.utexas.edu/cc/ds/alerts/win32cih.html the virus “attempts to overwrite the flash-BIOS in infected machines.” The BIOS on a machine holds the programming that runs when a machine first starts. The virus also destroys the harddrive. It’s set to attack the 26th of a month, so check out the article today if you’re running 95 or 98.