RE: Possible new virus?

[Buz Dale <buz.dale () usg edu>]

I'd actually look closer at the operating conditions.  If the machines
were exposed to high humidity and temperature or a lot of dust they
could have decided to all choke out simultaneously.
Buz


On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 10:39, Bacchus Apollonius wrote:
> Hail,--
>   In the original post the poster noted that he/she "wouldn't think twice if it hadn't happened to 3 computers from 3 
> different vendors in 2 days".  What are the chances of three different CPU-fans (or whatever) in three different 
> systems dying natural deaths in 48 hours with the same BIOS message despite being from different vendors?...  
>
> Bootsector virus, perhaps?....  
>
> Do you know if the fans are still in fact running?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Berry [mailto:compjma () hotmail com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 September 2003 16:21
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Possible new virus?
>
>
> > From: Wirefire Systems Administrator <sysadmin () wirefire com>
> [snip]
> > cpu cooling fan is malfunctioning
> [snip]
> > Accompanying this is a high-pitched tone from the PC speaker.
>
> Ahem...Perhaps a warning tone that YOUR COOLING SYSTEM HAS FAILED??  This is 
> not a security question, I'm not sure how it made it on to the list, but 
> please take it to a hardware support forum.  Most likely the fan is full of 
> crud and has overloaded the fan header, try cleaning the fan, and swapping 
> to a different header.
>
> Chris Berry
> compjma () hotmail com
> Systems Administrator
> JM Associates
>
> "Conciousness: that annoying time between naps."
>
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