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Oregon: Virus Cripples Computers at Two Lake Oswego Schools

Via The Oregonian.

Students and staff at Lake Oswego High School and Lake Oswego Junior High have been learning in a lower-tech style since Tuesday, when a file-deleting virus forced the shutdown of nearly 400 computers, school officials said.

So far, the Lake Oswego School District has been unable to determine the extent of the damage, said Donna Atherton, director of secondary education.

Teachers could not use computerized "chalk boards," counselors could not access student files, and students could not work on projects stored in classroom computer files.

The virus infected so-called executables, such as Word and Excel programs, said Jeff Kelso, the district's director of computer services. When software couldn't clean the virus out, he said, "it deleted the executable."

posted by Fergie @ 10/11/2007 09:04:00 PM