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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1990

THE MONITOR'S METHOD OF WORKING WAS ΤΟ SELECT CERTAIN AREAS AND TO BECOME WELL-ACQUAINTED WITH THE LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE RETURNEE FAMILIES IN THOSE AREAS BY MEANS OF FREQUENT VISITS,

"IT IS, OF COURSE, NOT POSSIBLE TO VISIT ALL RETURNEES WITH THE SAME FREQUENCY BUT VISITS TO OTHERS ARE MADE AT RANDOM FOR COMPARISON WITH THOSE SELECTED FOR MORE INTENSIVE MONITORING.

"THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN HANOI ASSESSES APPARENTLY WORKING WELL, MR BARNES ADDED.

THE SYSTEM AS

STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT FURTHER COMPUTER VIRUS ATTACKS

*

ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT'S MID-RANGE AND MAINFRAME COMPUTERS HAVE HAVE NOT BEEN ATTACKED BY COMPUTER VIRUSES, SOME MICRO-COMPUTERS

PIERS JACOBS, BEEN SO ATTACKED, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

PIERS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, SIR

OR LEAKAGE OF SAID NONE OF THE INCIDENTS HAD CAUSED ANY DESTRUCTION

RESTORE INFORMATION FROM INFORMATION BECAUSE USERS HAD BEEN ABLE TO BACK-UP COPIES.

PREVENTION

OF

TECHNOLOGY

"AS TO REMEDIAL ACTION, GUIDELINES ON THE

KERE ISSUED BY THE INFORMATION COMPUTER VIRUS ATTACKS SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN APRIL 1989 TO ALL GOVERNMENT SAID.

DEPARTMENTS, HE

ALL THESE GUIDELINES EMPHASISED THE NEED FOR COMPUTER USERS AT TIMES TO BACK-UP IMPORTANT PROGRAMS AND

TO AVOID USING FILES,

SOFTWARE PROM

SOURCES, UNKNOWN

AND MOST

TO IMPORTANTLY,

PREVENT

UNAUTHORISED ACCESS.

"ANTI-VIRUS COMPUTER PROGRAMS WERE ISSUED DEPARTMENTS IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

זין

"THESE PROGRAMS SERVE TO CHECK AGAINST POSSIBLE

HE SAID. VIRUSES WHEN A COMPUTER BEGINS OPERATION,

SIR PIERS

SAID ALL

ΓΕ

ALL GOVERNMENT

INFECTIONS BY

MACHINES INSTALLED SINCE OCTORER 1989 ÁLREADY HAD THE VIRUS CHECKING SYSTEMS AUTOMATICALLY INCORPORATED.

"WE SHALL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND TO IMPROVE GUIDELINES AND SECURITY PRACTICES AS NECESSARY,

OUR

"THIS WILL BE THE BEST VIRUS ATTACKS, HE ADDED.

"

DEFENCE

AGAINST ANY FUTURE COMPUTER

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