Damaging virus set to trigger on Aug. 22; Hare virus overwrites all hard disk data, Dr. Solomon's provides protection.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 1996--Dr. Solomon's Software Inc., the worldwide leader in virus detection and repair, today warned that the Hare (alias Krsna and HDEuthanasia) computer virus is set to trigger on August 22 and September 22 and may cause significant damage. Dr. Solomon's (Dr. Solomon's, a McAfee, Inc. solution, www.drsolomon.com) An early developer of computer virus detection, identification and disinfection tools, originally created for all major operating systems. Founded in 1984, Dr. is making a detector available to the general public on its Web site (http://www.drsolomon.com) as protection from the Hare virus. Computer users may download an evaluation copy of Dr. Solomon's FindVirus virus detector v7.62. Hare is a newly identified virus that has escaped into the computing public (which is known as being "in the wild" among virus researchers). It is a stealth (tries to remain inconspicuous in·con·spic·u·ous adj. Not readily noticeable. in  con·spic ), multipartite mul·ti·par·tite adj. 1. Divided into many parts. 2. Involving more than two nations or parties; multilateral. Adj. 1. (infects the partition sector of hard drives, the boot sector Reserved sectors on disk that are used to load the operating system. On startup, the computer looks for the master boot record (MBR) or something similarly named, which is typically the first sector in the first partition of the disk. of floppy drives and executable files), polymorphic polymorphic - polymorphism (changes with each infection incident in order to avoid detection) virus, otherwise known as a SPAM virus. Hare lives in the computer's memory and infects files with the COM and EXE Exe (ĕks), river, c.55 mi (90 km) long, rising in the Exmoor, Somerset, SW England, and flowing S across the Cornwall peninsula, past Exeter to the English Channel at Exmouth. extensions upon execution. When the virus strikes it displays the message, "HDEuthanasia by Demon Emperor: Hare Krsna, hare, hare..." and overwrites all data on the hard disk. As an additional service, Dr. Solomon's is sending to all registered customers a disk containing a new version of FindVirus that includes a driver which will allow them to scan for and repair the Hare virus. About Dr. Solomon's Dr. Solomon's Software is an international company with US headquarters in Burlington, Mass. Founded in 1984 by Dr. Alan Solomon, the company specializes in anti-virus software products. Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit is a worldwide market leader, adopted by more than three million users. All DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows NT, Windows 95, NetWare and OS/2 versions of Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit are certified by the National Computer Security Association (NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ). NCSA awards this certification to anti-virus products that detect and disinfect To remove the virus code that has attached itself to a legitimate file. Sometimes, the antivirus program cannot untangle the code, and the infected file has to be deleted. See quarantine. more than 90 percent of the more than 8,000 computer viruses in the NCSA virus laboratory. For more information, please call 1-888-DRSOLOMON, or (617) 273-7400, or visit the Dr. Solomon's Web site at http://www.drsolomon.com. -0- Recent Dr. Solomon's Leadership Awards Secure Computing Editor's Choice, 1996, 1995 Virus Bulletin, Editors Choice, 1995 NCSA Certified CONTACT: Deborah Parrott Rogers Communications, 617/224-1100 dparrott@rogerscom.com or Anne Beitel Dr. Solomon's Software, Inc., 617/273-7400 anne.beitel@us.drsolomon.com |
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