European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 10,19d8 the star9 and Smires 0 crowds boo Thatcher in Nigeria London Boicu infected hebrew University computers with axe tronic virus that threatens to destroy thousands Oral Sand wipe out years of research a University employ Twain thurs Day. It is the most devastating thing we be Ever across said Yisrael Radai a senior Programmer at the University s computer Center. A virus is computer jargon for a self propagating set of orders devised by a Saboteur that spread from one computer disk to another to cause mischief or harm. Radai said that soon after the virus was discovered last week University computer experts developed an antidote to diagnose and treat it. But there is still a danger that Many users will nol learn they have been affected until it is too late. The virus threatened to wipe out research data financial statements ledgers lists of students and other vital information compiled by administrators teachers and students. Radai said other institutions and individuals in is Rael have been contaminated. In fact anyone using a contaminated disk in an ism or ism compatible Puter is a potential victim he said. The virus was devised and Intro Duwer several months ago by an evidently who wanted to Wield Power Over Ole Tyski did t care How he did it Parfai said. The raid the saboteurj3ntlo be very Clever because he knew How to into the disk controller and evade the s Ordinary safeguards. The a Baiett exploited a Standard programming technique insert the virus into the computers memory said Radai. The computer infected All disk files exposed to stand they in turn contaminated healthy computers and disks. Radai said the Saboteur s target Dale 10 wipe out the Flics was Friday May 13,1988. Unless computer users apply the antidote developed by the University they will lose disks afflicted with the virus on thai Day. Meanwhile the Saboteur decided to wreak some minor havoc. I virus ordered contaminated pro ams to slow Down on fridays and the 13th Day of the Mank was the first obvious indication some thing was West with apparently healthy comp a disks said Shai a self employed expert knowledge bless atthe virus. Another clue was a Crisco Ern a qua Nuie virus itself. Instead of infecting each or far til a file once the malignant orders and Over consuming increasingj0bunts of memory computer that supposedly Zlatic programs Wett inexplicably growing in site launched a Jaich for the cause. Said experts isolated the Mah gnarl com i which appeared in easily decipherable Assem language. Within a few hours three University computer experts devised a iwo phased program called immune and which tells users whether their disks have been infected and applies an antidote to those thai have by Shaiky said the computer virus was a new and dangerous development in the computer world that could penetrate military Industrial and commercial data systems. It might do to computers what aids has done to sen said Bushinsky. The current free flow of information will Stop. Everyone will be very careful ibo they come into Contact with and with whom they share their _. App Taio strike a feud off nurse Karen Brown walks a wicket line outside North Manchester general Hospital Thomaj Nobl at the Start of u on dil strike by then soul Union of Public employed. The a Lent be first Erer by no Raj in Britain was called off in lest than m hours but Union Ooi Dila warned More could follow. . Asked Panama dictator to quit paper says ing Pentagon Orl Cial flies secretly with panamanian strongman Jen. Miguel Antonio Noriega last week Anc thred him to step Down and allow free elections the Washington Post reported in Friday s editions. Stale department spokeswoman Anita Stockman confirmed Laic thursday that Richard l Armitage assistant Secretary of defense for International Security affairs spoke with Noriega and expressed concerns Over develop in Panama during the past six to Mejai however she said the cow Klaot con firm that Armitage ask Woric a to step Down and allow reflections. The Post citing state department an congressional sources it did not name quoted one . Official As saying Armi Lage held a lengthy session with Noriega Early last week to urge him to with draw from politics. No information was immediately available. reported no Riega s said. It cited congressional psf they under stood that Admi vials still were had nol yet Baa Wollo determine its effect. J j was selected for the Mission Mccause Noriega is a military Roan and Washington wanted the most effective interlocutor possible the Post quoted the . Official As saying. Noriega Heads the panamanian Mili tary and Rule be country although a civilian government n nominally i charge. There has been a rising chorus of pro test in recent months against Noriega s autocratic Rule but Noriega hastened thai the . . canal1 a Mon rim the waterway Panama at the end of the Cen Tury a Senate sponsored delegation that Panama to see if Progress was Musili ensure human rights and rerun to Loci Toto civilian Rule said in a report pc. 14, Panama is still being Runin military. The appearance of Deicy in Panama is not the reality there no sign that the government Bat an intention of investigating allegations of criminal wrongdoing by military officers and constitutional rights Are still sharply since then the panamanian i Lalure has approved i he my Luil ik1vb Thuu my Imu closed since july and granting amnesty to panamanians accused of political crimes during recent demonstrations the protests were mounted gains i Noriega after allegations so faced thai hews involved in illicit activities ranging from drug trafficking to the assassination of political sources cited by the Post said the idea for the Armi Uge mis Sion had been raised in the fall during a involving stale department of and of the scale pm Ilioiu subcommittee Abbt Oberc affairs including its chairman inert Shupe minority Mem Bers sen. Chrisi Ober j. Dodd f conn., and Richard g. Lugar a and
