If you want to keep a file, you should save it on a floppy disk or in your VAX account. If it's a valuable file, make two copies of it on two separate disks. If it's your complete dissertation, make three or more copies. Keep them in separate places. The computer says that I have a virus.
Computer viruses are small programs that attach themselves to other programs or to parts of disks.
They are spread by sharing floppy disks or files. Viruses can alter files, erase files, reformat disks, and generally wreak havoc on your computer and disks. The computers in the Donley Center automatically scan floppy disks when you try to read information from them. If this doesn't work, see the lab staff. If one of your floppy disks is infected, chances are very good that the rest of your floppy disks are infected as well.