Computer Virus from American Cancer Society diskette

[Young Whang]

I want to warn the research community about a possibility of a computer virus 
from a research grant application diskette from American Cancer Society.  My 
computer got infected with a boot sector virus called NYB when I accidentally 
booted my computer with this diskette that I obtained from UCLA Office of 
Contracts and Grants.  Subsequently, this virus was found on diskettes given 
to other researchers by this Office.  I hear that this virus is on the 
original diskette they received from ACS before they copied and distributed 
through out UCLA.  Therefore, there is a possibility that other institutions 
may have received infected diskettes from ACS.  This virus is easily detected 
and cleaned by software available by downloading from
ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/pub/antivirus
and download  scn-225e.zip       
You need an unzipping application to run this program.  It is also available 
in the same area.
Hope nobody else suffers like I did.  It played havoc with my computer for a 
while until I found and removed the virus.  Just beware
Young Whang, MD, PhD
Division of Hematology-Oncology, Dept of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine