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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1341      1998 Sep 28 19.19UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
WORLD WIDE WEB                    http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer
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TA CD-ROMS
This alert applies to all TA CD-ROMs issued since January 1998 up
to and including version 1.16.

It has come to our attention that one of the files on the TA CD-ROM
is infected with a virus. The infected file is called:

\ta_web_pages\astronomer\sol.doc

This is a Word 6 file which was included on the disk by mistake as
part of the "TA web pages" section. The only way that this virus
can infect your computer is if you manually open this file. The
file is not linked in any way to the web tree on the disk and it
does not form part of the TA web pages. If you use a web-browser to
access the TA web pages on the disk you are safe. The file will
never be encountered unless you manually open it by moving to the
directory and searching for it. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MANUALLY OPEN
THIS FILE USING MICROSOFT WORD!

Virus information
The virus is a macro virus called Temple which can spread by
infecting the standard Word template. It does nothing but replicate
itself and expand the size of the infected Word document.

We are in the course of developing version 1.17 and those who
have purchased 1.16 may, if they wish, exchange it for the newer
version when this becomes available. Please contact Peter Meadows
our secretary, to make the arrangements.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Guy M Hurst