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- From: pcb!amyleigh.clarke@batpad.lgb.ca.us
- Newsgroups: comp.virus
- Subject: Re: Known virus that tweaks PC date function? (PC)
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- Date: 15 Jan 93 14:01:00 GMT
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- AMN@vms.brighton.ac.uk(Anthony Naggs) writes:
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- >student, <vpcsc11@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu> asks:
- >In the office where I work, we recently purchased a 286 clone..
- >Over the past few weeks, the computer's internal clock has been losing
- > days. [...]
- >
- > Has anyone heard of a virus that would produce these symptoms? If
- > not, does anyone have any other ideas about how to fix the problem?
-
- AN>
- AN>I don't remember any viruses like that, the only time I've seen
- AN>anything similar was on a 'true blue' IBM AT which needed a new
- AN>battery for the clock. If you bought this new then contact your
- AN>supplier saying you have a clock problem, if it's previously been
- AN>used then just replace the battery.
-
- I know that a lot of AT class (286) clones had this problem - it was
- really prevalent if a machine was left on all the time. Sometimes it
- would miss a midnight rollover. If memory serves me correctly, it was a
- problem in the BIOS.
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