Well folks, it's July 26, 1998, and I expect that UT will be in a very
embarrassing
position as the spread of the Win32/CIH will be very small.  UT has made two
very big mistakes about this virus:

1.  It disclosed information that a lethal virus had infected their
computers without
determining how the virus actually spreads.  I doubt anyone has taken the
Win32/CIH and dissected it to see exactly what it does.
2.  It conscientiously worked with only ONE virus-scanning software company
to detect/remove the CIH virus, which happens to be Dr. Solomon's and
coincidentally
part of the UT-Connect software.

As I see it, UT has unresponsibly scared thousands into either purchasing
UT-Connect
and/or Dr. Solomons, and cause many local businesses in Austin to shut down
for the
day.  Don't expect reparation.

Just a shot in the dark, but it seems highly unlikely that all of the SMF
computers
could acquire the virus within the period of a month (as the virus is
probably less than
a month old since no one has ever heard of it before), especially if the
computer
systems (and ideally the boot sector and other information) are completely
restored
from a network drive.  Perhaps someone working in the SMF implanted the virus?
This would at least explain the 100% distribution rate on SMF computers.

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