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                         This Week's Contents:

My Notes:
1) ListServ on AOL?
2) Software Winner!

News:
1) InfoWorld Proves Windows Memory Software Useless!
2) NEST Technology from Novell!

Reviews:
1) Knight Moves Reviewed by Doug Reed (dreed@panda.uchc.edu)
2) Hot Metal Pro Reviewed by Judy Litt (jlitt@qualitty.com)
3) 10 Minute Guide to Windows 95 Reviewed by (jlitt@qualitty.com)

Web Sites:
1) ZiffNet Hosts Computer Trade Show Schedule!
   (http://www.zdnet.com/zdi/calendar/calendar.html)
2) Edy's Grand Ice Cream on Web! (http://www.edys.com)

FTP File:
1) Convert your Text Files to Word Processor Files

Interview:
1) Virus Article - Form Virus - By Tony Brooks

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INFOWORLD DEBUNKS WINDOWS MEMORY PROGRAMS!|
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    SAN MATEO, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoWorld, "The Voice of
Client/Server in the Enterprise," today announced that the five leading
memory enhancement software packages do "little, if anything, to speed
up applications and, in some cases, slowed them down."
    The details of this discovery are reported in a multi-page product
comparison report that will appear in the March 18 edition of the
computer industry newsweekly.
    RAM doublers, as memory enhancement software programs are commonly
known, claim to increase application speed and expand system resources
memory.  Unfortunately, the comparison states, "We found the results to
be disappointing.  Sadly, we cannot recommend any of these products
without reservation."
    The products included in the comparison are Hurricane 1.02 from
Helix Software of Long Island City, N.Y.; MagnaRAM 2 and QEMM 8, both
from Quarterdeck of Marina del Rey, Calif.; Qualitas Max 8 from Qualitas
of Bethesda, Md.; and RAM Doubler 1.03 from Connectix of San Mateo,
Calif.
    Hurricane 1.02 posted a "better-than-average," 6.9 score (on a scale
of 1 to 10, with 10 being high) the highest score granted by InfoWorld.
The lowest score was a 4.2.
    InfoWorld's "subjective tests essentially measured the overall speed
and usability of machines with these (software memory enhancement)
applications installed."
    For the comparison, the InfoWorld reviews and testing team utilized
seven virtually identical PCS: one with 8MB of RAM alone, five with 8MB
and the memory enhancement software installed, and one with 16MB of RAM.
    "Three of the products outperformed the 8MB baseline system, but
only one significantly improved upon it.  The other two fared a lot
worse than the 8 MB system ... "
    Headquartered in San Mateo, California, InfoWorld is the leading
enterprise product newsweekly that focuses on editorial coverage of
products used in enterprise networks.  InfoWorld's multimillion dollar
investment in a cross-platform, networked test bed -- the InfoWorld Test
Center -- allows InfoWorld to conduct the industry's most trusted
testing of enterprise computing products.

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NEST TECHNOLOGY FROM NOVELL!|
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	OREM, UT -- February 27, 1996 -- Novell Inc. today moved its
industry-leading Novell Embedded Systems Technology (NEST) beyond
traditional local and wide area networks with the announcement of an
enhanced version of the NEST Software Developer's Kit (SDK). The
NEST SDK 1.2, which ships March 31, gives Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) and developers a flexible, compact, affordable
solution for creating products that can be plugged right into both private
business networks and public global networks like the Internet.
	The new NEST SDK supports the IPX/SPX protocols, which are
used to connect 55 million Novell NetWare users, and also supports the
TCP/IP protocols used to provide millions of users with access to the
Internet. In addition, new support for popular Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) and NEST Autoroute global document
routing gives developers and OEMs even wider options for integrating
intelligent devices into today's internetworking solutions.
	The NEST SDK is Novell's technology for accessing both public
and private networks from intelligent devices of virtually every kind --
from office equipment such as fax machines, printers and scanners to
industrial controls and home devices such as TV set-top boxes and
security systems. Novell sees the greatest growth opportunities for
NEST in integrating office equipment and energy management
applications with LANs and the Internet. More than 75 companies,
including office equipment giants Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Ricoh, and
Xerox, are currently developing over 200 NEST-enabled products, with
several now shipping and dozens more to ship this year.
	Novell is currently partnering with UtiliCorp United to develop a
new class of energy management applications that will exchange
information over conventional power lines and use public and private
networks to relay energy-use information between the utility and
customer.
	"We see the release of NEST SDK 1.2 as a significant advance in
networking technology and look forward to using these new tools in the
development of Smart Energy applications," said Philip A. Daddona, chief
information officer for Utilicorp United. "This release furthers the goals of
all NEST partners in their shared commitment to open architecture."
	Novell's inclusion of TCP/IP in the NEST SDK 1.2 is further
evidence of Novell's commitment to support multiple transport protocols
and an open network environment. With both IPX/SPX and TCP/IP now
part of the SDK, connectivity to the Internet and other enterprise-wide
public and private networks as well as Novell networks is now provided.
	"By adding TCP/IP to the NEST SDK, Novell has increased our
ability to deliver these capabilities to our customers expeditiously and
cost effectively," said William Peisel, chief technology officer at Digital
Products Inc. "This release represents a significant extension of NEST
capabilities for our line of leading LAN-based print servers."
	John Enslow, acting vice president and general manager of
Novell's Extended Networks Division said, "The market has been waiting
for standard software to connect devices other than personal
computers to the Internet. NEST now fits that requirement by enabling
solutions that will put office equipment and other intelligent devices on
the Net. Imagine using the Internet to print a document to another city, or
turn on your home security system from your office PC. The new NEST
SDK makes these solutions possible for the more than 75 companies
developing with NEST today, as well as for any manufacturer looking to
make their products part of the Internet explosion."
	By including SNMP support in version 1.2 of the NEST SDK, Novell
is offering OEMs the ability to integrate the de facto standard for
managing devices on a network directly into their NEST-enabled
products. SNMP allows administrators to monitor and configure any
device on their network from a central location through a standard third
party management tool such as an SNMP browser and by using any of
the many SNMP-enabled management products available today. This
greatly enhances the use and management of those devices, allowing
users to preserve investments in SNMP solutions and reduce network
management costs.
	The inclusion of NEST Autoroute demonstrates Novell's
commitment to lowering the costs and the barriers of entry for OEMs
wishing to work with the NEST SDK. Combining NEST Autoroute with the
NEST SDK 1.2 makes it easier for developers to connect their devices to
the network as well as take advantage of the global document routing
capabilities of NEST Autoroute.
	NEST Autoroute allows OEMs to add global document routing
capabilities to existing and future fax, copy, scan and print devices
quickly, with minimal expense and without the addition of specialized
phone equipment. For example, NEST Autoroute enables faxes and
scanned graphics to be automatically routed to a user's E-mail box. It is
capable of providing cost savings through the use of fax relay
broadcasting, and can also provide least-cost routing via the network.
	"Inbound document routing has been available for ten years, but
almost nobody used it because the solutions were proprietary, complex
and costly," said Enslow. "NEST Autoroute provides a framework for
addressing and routing faxed information, allowing OEMs to focus on
ease of use and functionality."
	"NEST is the key enabling technology that allows autorouting of
documents to end-users' desktops," stated David Weingard, director of
business development for Cheyenne Software. "By incorporating NEST
into FAXserve and BitWare, our two leading communications
applications, Cheyenne provides the benefits of this technology to
customers worldwide."
	 The NEST SDK 1.2 will ship March 31, 1996 on CD-ROM and
includes source code, documentation, training, test tools and support. It
also includes five licenses for internal development and twenty five
licenses for beta testing. Additional licenses may be obtained by signing
a distribution license agreement. Suggest Retail Price for the NEST SDK
1.2 is $50,000.00 (US). For more information, contact your Novell OEM
Sales Representative or call 800/895-NEST: or 512/434-1518 outside the
U.S.
	Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading network software
provider. Novell software provides the infrastructure for a networked
world, enabling our customers to connect with other people and the
information they need, anytime and anyplace. Novell partners with other
technology and market leaders to help customers make networks a part
of their everyday lives.
    Novell is a registered trademark and NetWare Directory Services,
NDS, NEST, and NEST Autoroute are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other
brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies.

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REVIEWS OF THE WEEK | Interesting software/hardware you may need . . .
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Product: Knight Moves from Spectrum Holobyte                           |
Reviewed By: Doug Reed (dreed@panda.uchc.edu)                          |
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    Knight Moves is a new puzzle-solving game from Spectrum Holobyte's
"Alexey Pajitnov Introduces" line of computer software (If the name
wasn't a tip-off, Alexey Pajitnov is the creator of Tetris, one of the
all-time best selling puzzle games).  In Knight Moves, the player moves
a Knight around specially designed boards to capture coins and swords
without encountering any of the various monsters and traps set out to
catch him.  The twist to the game is that because the player is a
Knight, they can only move in the same pattern as a classical knight in
chess.  The Knight is constantly jumping from one square to the next,
forcing the player to think quickly or die.
    The storyline is that an evil wizard known only as the Adversary has
set up residence in a magical tower.  No one who has challenged the
Adversary has ever returned.  As the Knight, you seek to descend
throught the magic tower and stop the Adversary once and for all.  To do
so, you have to master 10 levels containing six different matches per
level (60 matches in all).  Set against you are a variety of monsters,
which increase in difficulty as you proceed through the tower.  However,
various treasures and magical items can be found to help you in your
quest.
    Knight Moves is one of those fun games that can be easily learned
yet is tough (at least for me!) to master.  It provides great fun and
manual dexterity while providing a break from all of those tedious and
onerous computer chores (like writing this review ;^) ).  The graphics
are gorgeous; the backgrounds for the various levels are great and the
monsters are absolutely fantastic!  Each of monsters has their own
little tricks and quirks that must be learned in order to master the
various matches.  Early on, the matches are set up so that when it
starts the player has a few moments to look at the board and plot their
moves; this 'help' disappears rapidly as you advance.  In addition, the
player must collect the various swords in order, providing an additional
level of challenge.  Did I mention that the squares can be turned into
lava?  When the Knight jumps onto a square the square becomes hot, and
when he jumps again it becomes lava. Should he jump there again - you
guessed it - he dies.  Fortunately, the lava squares turn back into
normal squares pretty quickly.  Various monsters can turn squares into
lava, and some can turn them into slime!
    One word to the wise, however: Knight Moves comes on a CD-ROM and is
currently only released for Windows 95.  As such, the game takes
advantage of many of Windows 95's improvements over Windows 3.1,
including graphics, speed, and auto-play resulting in a great-looking
and great-playing game. The game also appears to be very solid; no bugs
were detected in several hours of play.  Knight Moves runs almost
entirely off the CD and therefore leaves a very small footprint on your
harddrive.  One really nice feature of the game is that when the game
starts the player gives the game his name. Thereafter, when the player
starts the game they only need to choose their name and they can start
the game exactly where they left off.  I'm hooked on Knight Moves!

                           Spectrum Holobyte
                        2490 Mariner Square Loop
                           Alameda, CA 94501
                             (510) 522-1164
                        http://www.holobyte.com
   (check out the demo at http://www.happypuppy.com/game/index.html)

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Product: HoTMedal Pro Version 2.0 from SoftQuad                        |
Reviewed By: Judy Litt (jlitt@qualitty.com)                            |
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    All the major online services now provide you with space for a web
page. They also provide you with the software to create and upload your
page -- but often that software is rather limited.
    You can, however, use the editor of your choice to create your
pages. What editor do you use? You can use any ASCII text editor (even
Notepad). I, personally, like to use an HTML editor. If you use Notepad,
you must remember all the opening and closing tags, all the proper
syntax, etc. If you use a HTML editor, they'll take care of opening and
closing tags automatically, most operations are done with the click of a
button, etc. Hotmedal Pro is one of my favorite HTML editors.
    I received Hotmedal Pro, version 1.0, with one of the books on HTML
I purchased. The program's interface wasn't very intuitive, but the book
(HTML Publishing on the Internet) helped me to figure out the program.
Only problem -- version 1 didn't support "netscapisms" or HTML 3 specs.
As I got more and more into web page design, I began to use these
features more and more -- and I was no longer able to use Hotmedal Pro.
In fact, if I created a file with Hotmedal Pro, then modified it with
HTML 3 elements in a nother editor, then tried to reopen it in Hotmedal
Pro, it wouldn't open. All the program did was to "try" to filter it -
and it usually failed.
    Hotmedal Pro can handle most HTML 3 specs. One problem -- it does
not install itself over the older version. In fact, I got the following
message when I ran the installation program:
    "If you have installed a previous version of Hotmedal Pro, please
install this version n a new directory to avoid write permission
problems during install."
    Since I didn't want two versions on my hard drive, I exited the
installation program and deleted the old version. Then I reran the
installation program, with no further problems.
    I already had a shortcut to Hotmedal Pro on my desktop. But the new
version used different directories and filenames, so I had to manually
edit my shortcut to get it to work properly.
    What a difference! The new version looks much like other editors --
not there're button bars for the most used operations -- like
paragraphs, forms, etc. The first version had no buttons -- you either
had to use the menus, or memorize lots of keyboard shortcuts.
    Files that wouldn't open in the old version still wouldn't open as
regular HTML files -- but they would open as text files, with all their
tags in place. They could still be edited manually and saved.
    Hotmedal Pro is a very power hungry program. I found under Windows
3.1 it was rather unstable -- it crashed frequently. It seems to run a
little better under Win95, but it's still a little unstable;
occasionally it stops responding, for no apparent reason.
    The Hotmedal Pro Difference What makes Hotmedal Pro different from
other HTML editors? For one thing, it has a spell checker and a
thesaurus. Another is "rules checking." If rules checking is turned on,
you can't do something that would be considered "illegal" in many
browsers -- like leaving off a closing tag.
    Rules checking can be a problem, though. Some actions are considered
illegal even though most browsers will allow that particular action --
for instance, putting a <PRE> tag in a <LI>. This puts an extra space
between list items, but Hotmedal Pro with rules checking on won't let
you do it.
    Used to be, you could turn rules checking off and make your changes
-- but you wouldn't always be able to open your file in Hotmedal Pro
afterwards. Now you can turn rules checking off, and so far every time
I've still been able to open the file, with all tags intact. Rules
checking is great for the newbie, although sometimes frustrating for the
more experienced.
    Hotmedal Pro is a semi-WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)
editor. That means you almost see what you'll get. For instance, your
graphics will display; centered lines will be centered. What you won't
see: backgrounds, rules of different lengths, etc.
    Hotmedal Pro also will import files from most of the popular word
processors.
    The price of Hotmedal Pro will keep away the casual user -- at $200,
it's pricey. And there are lots of adequate shareware editors out there
(one I'd recommend is HTML Notepad).
    But if you make your living designing web pages, Hotmedal Pro
definitely deserves a close look.

                       Hotmedal Pro, Version 2.0
                                SoftQuad
                         56 Aberfoyle Crescent
                         Toronto, Canada M8X2W4
                              416-239-4801
                            416-239-7105 FAX
                        e-mail: mail@sq.com WWW:
                           http://www.sq.com/

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Product: 10 Minute Guide to Windows 95 Published by Que                |
Reviewed By: Judy Litt (jlitt@qualitty.com)                            |
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    The title of this book is just a little misleading: it's really a
series of 10 minute guides. Each chapter of the book is a 10 minute
lesson on one specific topic -- and I found that most of the lessons
could be completed in less than 10 minutes.
    This book is divided into 26 lessons, covering a variety of topics
that will get you up and running with Windows 95: working with multiple
windows; creating and deleting files and folders; working with windows
fonts; running DOS applications; working with multimedia; and more.
    It's a great companion to the skimpy manual that comes with Windows
95. The 10 Minute Guide is definitely geared to someone who is not
familiar with Windows or has just upgraded to Windows 95.
    I'm very familiar with Windows, and I've been running Windows 95 for
several months, so I really didn't run across much I didn't know. I was
reminded of a few things, such as where the clipboard viewer is hidden
(under start|programs|systems tools|clipboard viewer).
    All the lessons are basic, simple, and easy to follow and
understand. They're liberally sprinkled with screen captures. This book
is also small, so it would be easy to tuck in with your laptop (assuming
you have one, lucky person!), and pull out when you have 5 or 10 minutes
to spare.
    In addition to the 26 lessons, there's 2 appendices. The first is
the "upgrader's help": this helps you quickly figure out how to add a
printer, create new file icons, size borders, start applications, etc.
    The second appendix covers Windows 95 on a network.
    If you've been running Windows 95 for a while and are familiar with
the basics, The 10 Minute Guide probably won't reveal many secrets to
you.
    What The 10 Minute Guide will do is get you up and running quickly
after upgrading to Windows 95.

                   The 10 Minute Guide to Windows 95
                            by Trudi Reisner
                             Publisher: Que
                            Price: $12.99 US
                              Pages: 180.
                          ISBN: 1-56761-515-5

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WEBSITES OF THE WEEK! | This section is devoted to cool WebSites . . .
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ZIFFDAVIS LISTS TRADE SHOWS ON-LINE!|
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    CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ziff-Davis Interactive
(ZDI) today announced the ZD Net Trade Show Calendar, a new computing-
focused trade show service available on the ZD Net Web site
(http://www.zdnet.com), the most trusted source of computing information
on the World Wide Web.  The ZD Net Trade Show Calendar was developed in
association with Convergent Media Systems, and is based on Convergent's
recently announced Trade Show Central (http://www.tscentral.com), a
world-wide on-line database of 8,800 trade shows.  The ZD Net Trade Show
Calendar enables users to customize their access to a wealth of computer
industry trade show information by designating computing categories of
interest, and searching the database for trade shows by dates or
locations.
    ZD Net Trade Show Calendar
(http://www.zdnet.com/zdi/calendar/calendar.html) is an important
addition to the breadth of computing information and services available
on ZD Net.  It provides Web users with access to a powerful search
engine that enables them to locate all major technology tradeshows world
wide, review a comprehensive calendar of categorized events complete
with venue information, and link directly to events that have their own
home page.
    "ZD Net is the Internet doorway to comprehensive information on
computing products, companies, trends and services," said Frank Schroth,
Ziff-Davis Interactive's managing editor for the ZD Net Web site.  "We
plan to provide access to all information sources critical to computing,
and trade shows are a key component of this strategy.  We are pleased to
be working with Convergent and its Trade Show Central Internet service,
which we believe is the best source for quality trade show data."
    "So far, we've had a great response to our new Trade Show Central
Web site," said John Rice, new business development manager for
Convergent Media Systems.  "Becoming the trade show content provider of
choice for leading companies like Ziff-Davis is a natural extension of
our service, and a great business opportunity."
    Today's announcement marks the second time ZDI has teamed up with a
leading Web company to bring important new information sources to ZD Net
users.  ZDI also provides ZD Net Job Search
(http://www.zdnet.com/zdi/jobs/jobs.html), a free listing of more than
2,000 technology-related job openings developed with TMP Interactive and
based on The Monster Board job information service by Adion
Communications (http://www.monster.com).  More than 2000 high-tech
employment opportunities listed on monster.com are avail able directly
to ZD Net users.
    Access to both Job Search and Trade Show Central's trade show
database are completely integrated with ZD Net, allowing users to find
information through ZD Net's intuitive and easy-to-use interface.  In
the future, both job and trade show information will be linked to
articles and news stories in ZD Net's archive of Ziff-Davis
publications.
    Convergent Media Systems develops, recommends and implements a
variety of innovative visual communications solutions for business,
organizations and the education market, including business television
networks, interactive distance learning systems, interactive multimedia,
electronic publishing and Internet services. Convergent's corporate
clients include Digital Equipment Corp., Unisys, Ford Motor Co.,
Microsoft, Xerox, Bell Atlantic and MCI Telecommunications. Its
education clients include the State of Ge orgia, University of Georgia,
Satellite Education Resource Consortium, Educational Management Group-a
division of Simon & Schuster, Kentucky Educational Television and
Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications. For more
information on Convergent and its services, call 1-800-877-7804 or view
Convergent's home page on the Internet at http:/www.convergent.com.
    Ziff-Davis Interactive, the Cambridge, Mass.-based online arm of
Ziff-Davis Publishing, is the creator and developer of the award-winning
ZD Net brand, the most trusted source of computer news, buying
information and services on the World Wide Web (http://www.zdnet.com)
and all leading commercial online services.  ZD Net products provide a
central online hub for the wealth of computer information generated by
the renowned editorial staffs at all Ziff-Davis publications.
    ZDI works with online editors at Ziff-Davis publications to tailor
and adapt Ziff-Davis editorial content for the various ZD Net audiences
on the Web, America Online, CompuServe, Prodigy and The Microsoft
Network. ZDI also develops the innovative interactive features and
services that characterize all ZD Net editions, and oversees the design
of ZD Net, organizing thousands of pages of information into communities
that are visually appealing and easy-to-navigate.  More than 500,000
unique users visit the ad vertiser-supported ZD Net Web site each month,
and more than 300,000 members subscribe to online editions, making ZD
Net the fifth-largest commercial online service.
    Ziff-Davis is the leading publisher of computer magazines and online
computing content.  The company was recently acquired by SOFTBANK
Corporation of Japan.

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EDY'S ICE CREAM ONLINE!|
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    OAKLAND, Calif., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Web-heads can now log on to
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream's Home Page at http://www.dreyers.com or Edy's
Grand Ice Cream's at http://www.edys.com and tap into fun information
about the number-one selling premium ice cream.  Net cruisers who log on
to Dreyer's/Edy's site also will have the opportunity to win free ice
cream!  The Home Page will also be accessible through
http://www.icecream.com in a few weeks.
    Those linked to the information superhighway can find extensive
information about Dreyer's/Edy's, its products, and ice cream in
general.  Ice cream lovers can browse the "Freezer Case" and discover
nutritional information; surfers working on a school report or investors
buying Dreyer's stock might want to explore the "Inside Scoop."  There,
they can check out Dreyer's Annual Report, get a run-down on the
Company's corporate philosophy called the "Grooves," or read the
biography on Dreyer's/Edy's CEO T. Gar y Rogers.
    So if you want to jump on the cyber-bandwagon and check out what's
happening with your favorite flavor, we invite you to log on to the fast
lane of the I-way!  Dreyer's and Edy's Grand Ice Cream is proud to now
serve its customers in cyberspace!
    NOTE:  Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream is marketed west of the Rocky
Mountains and in Texas, and is sold as Edy's Grand Ice Cream east of the
Rockies.


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    This week's interview is replaced by an article on the FORM Virus:
                            By: Tony Brooks

    The Form virus is a memory-resident boot sector virus.  This virus
affects both hard and floppy disks.  When the computer is booted from an
infected floppy, the virus goes memory-resident and infects any disk it
can find on your system, ie hard disk.  The virus stores itself at the
end of the hard disk and in sectors on floppies, which are then marked
bad.  Once infection is complete, on the 18th of every month, each key
beeps when you press it.  The virus has a bug, which causes this not to
happen when a keyboard driver is loaded.  Infected diskettes have 1Kb in
bad sectors.  There is a message in the virus, however, I have never
seen or heard of it being displayed, so I have no idea what it says.
    Although this virus does not do any permanent damage, it should be
closely watched for simply because it is a very common virus.  Most up
to date scanners will detect and eradicate this virus.
    Removing this virus is quick and painless.  Best of all there is no
damage to your system or loss of data after this virus has been
eradicated.    The first step is to switch off the computer, and boot
from a clean DOS system diskette.  Once that is done, run virus
protection software.  You should have a copy protected diskette with
your virus protection software on it, for just such cases.  As this is a
common virus, and not a new virus, most up to date virus protection
software will deal with it.  I recommend McAfee or F-Prot.

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