[ale] Anything MS touches....

[scott.lewis at ce.gatech.edu]

On  1 Oct, Robert L Harris wrote:
> This was just mailed to our help desk at Lockheed:
> 
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> Upon attempting to exit wabi just now I got this little pop up window
> that says:
>  
> You are infected with MDMA_DMV. Brought to you by MDMA (Many Delinquent
> Modern Anarchists)
>   
> With an OK button.
>    
> I'm not going to make a move untill I get some instruction.
>     
> HELP!
> 
> Eric

McAfee has a virus scanner that works with Linux, with other UNIX
system versions available.  I have used it on Linux and a Solaris box
that was used as a NFS server for a PC lab.  Worked flawlessly,
especially when you write a script to scan automatically, take the
output and do something useful with it.  (ie mail a list of any viruses
found, and the action taken to yourself)  My advice: hit OK, download
VirusScan for whatever platform, set up some simple scripts, set up a
cronjob, and sit back and relax.  MDMA shouldn't be able to do anything
horrible, especially to a UNIX box, but be sure to scan all of your MS
stuff.  Here is the URL:
	http://www.mcafee.com/down/vscandown.asp
Good luck!

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Scott Lewis   
Computer Support-Geosystems and Materials Laboratory
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
scott.lewis at ce.gatech.edu   (404) 894-1062