¦ B'g J~U,J6 WINSIDER : VOLUME 6 : NUMBER 9 : JUNE 20/88 RED ALERT FOR COMPUTER USERS! Beware of Trojans! Pat Taylor from the Electronics Department encourages would-be computer wizards to be wary of software programs with which they are not familiar. What is a Trojan? It is a software package designed to damage fixed disks. These programs are usually free-handed through bulletin boards, etc. If you value your hard disk and don't want it XPD*#QD-%RT@SMN'NBVC*J3 damaged, check out the attached list of known and suspected Trojans compiled by an unknown BBS Sysop and condensed June 10, 1988. CONGRATULATIONS. NITA! Hans Rerup advises that Nita Mitchell has been appointed for a one year term as Department Head for the Business Office Training and Preparation Department. Nita has been Acting Department Head since April 1/88. COMING SOON...REVISED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT HANDBOOK For those of you who have an outdated copy of the "You and Vancouver Community College" handbook, you will be pleased to know that a revised version is on its way. Dale Jones, Chairman of the Employee Benefits Committee, advises that a completely rewritten and redesigned package of handbook inserts will be distributed to all employees very shortly. Upon receipt, kindly discard all previous material and insert the new material into your binder. If (like me) you don't have a binder, contact the Personnel Department. They have a limited supply with more 'on the way'. ^SNCOU^ER COMMUNITY K! 2 / 1358 Vocational Institute - 2 - VVI SUMMER HOURS Here's a few changes to Summer Hours that we should all note. 1. From June 20, 1988 to August 26, 1988 Student Records, Admissions, Financial Aid and Counselling will be open from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. 2. The VVI Campus will be closed on Saturdays, effective Saturday, July 23, 1988 and will reopen September 10, 1988. FILLED IN YOUR NEW TD1 FORM? If you don't like surprises at income tax time, make sure you pick up your new TD1 Form from the mailroom (2nd Floor Administration Office) and return the completed form to the Payroll Department before July 1, 1988. By filling out a new TD1 form before July 1, 1988 you will ensure that your tax credits are accurately reflected in the income tax deducted from your pay. If you do not complete a new TD1 form, your income tax deductions will only reflect the minimum credit which is allowed to a single person with no dependents. The new TD1 form also replaces the old TD3 (Request for Tax Deductions) form for individuals with other sources of income who wish to increase the amount of income tax deducted from their pay (see line 15 of the form). For more information, contact the Payroll Department at Central Administration, 875-1131. ANOTHER VVI LOTTERY WINNER Congratulations to Irene Lacoursiere whose lucky number 196 was drawn June 10/88. If paying for a summer vacation has your budget stretched to the limit, invest in a VCC Lottery ticket. You could be $1,000 richer just in time for this year's annual adventure! Contact Trish Knight, VCC Foundation (875-1131) for further information and registration forms. - 3 - AND THAT'S THE TRUTH... As our illustrious world leaders gather in Toronto for Summit talks, here's a timely George Burns quote courtesy of the Hairdressing Department: "Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair!" CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL Live Reggae and Calypso music by Cinnamon. A Caribbean feast (reasonably priced). A cash bar. What more do you need for an enjoyable Saturday night! The July 16th Caribbean Festival is a fund raiser for Polio Plus, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Vancouver Sunrise. Doors open at 4:00 pm at the West End Community Centre at 870 Denman Street, Vancouver, with dancing until 1:00 am. Tickets are $12.50 if you buy them from Syd Hartley, Local 245, or $15.00 at the door. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SERVICE SPECIAL If your car has no 'get up and go' because your transmission has 'got up and went', check out the Automatic Transmission Service Special offered by KEC's Automotive Department. For just $35.00 they will: .inspect fluid .change transmission .inspect/adjust all linkages .replace filter .perform shift checks .road test Also includes - new filter, new fluid and new pan gasket! Other transmission repairs (clutch repairs, driveline repairs, drive axle and axle bearing work, automatic transmission repairs) are also undertaken at very reasonable cost. For further information, call Bill at 875-8202 or Pager 680-6919. TROJANS This is a list of known and suspected TROJANS compiled by an unknown BBS Sysop and condensed Jun 10,1988. Fixed Disk Damage Program Category* ANTI-PCB Deliberate Hacked Track 0 ? FAT ARC513£XE ARC514.COM BACKTALK BADDISK.EXE CDIR.COM DANCERS .B AS DISKSCAN.EXE DMASTER DOSKNOWS.EXE DPROTECT EGATBR EMMCACHE Modified Various sectors ? See DISKSCAN FAT FAT Modified Modified Writes bad sectors ? FAT Look-alike FAT (real code is 5376 bytes) Modified FAT Deliberate Bad code Global DELete Changed files & Boot record Global DELete FILER.EXE Suspected . FINANCE4.ARC Suspected Deliberate Deliberate Deliberate Deliberate Bad code Bad code FAT BBS thief For stealing pass word file na ARCS 13 (Track 0) Deliberate Deliberate Global DELete High level format FUTURE.BAS MAP NOTROJ.COM TIRED TSRMAP PACKDIR QUIKRBBS.COM QIIKREF RCKVIDEO SECRET.BAS SCANBAD.EXE FAT & low level format ("time bomb") FAT Boot record of C: See DISKSCAN SIDEWAYS.COM Look-alike STAR.EXE STRIPES.EXE BBS thief BBS thief TOPDOS Deliberate Deliberate VDIR.COM DELetes subdirs ON ANY drive Boot record (real code is >30K) High level format ? (from J. Poumelle) *Definitions: Trojan Deliberate Bad code Look-alike Modified Hacked Suspected - As in horse - will cause damage but will not spread itself as a VIRUS will. Deliberately written to damage a disk. Essentially a bug. In this case, one that will damage data on a disk. A TROJAN with same name as a perfectly good program. Good code changed slightly so as to damage your disk data. An poor attempt at a legitimate modification that resulted in damaging code. Not confirmed as a genuine TROJAN by the author of this list.