Re: Oracle and W32.Bugbear.B_at_mm
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 02:58:01 GMT
Message-ID: <ZqqOa.1777$OZ2.726_at_rwcrnsc54>
It would have to corrupt the file system or specific files. Just like if you took a disk editor and flipped some bits on a file (eg a redo log file). Not a lot that Oracle can do about that. Good thing you have a backup. Jim
"Ivica Dimjasevic" <remove_smokesoft_at_hi.htnet.hr> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> Maybe question is offtopic but I need help.
> Is it possible that Bugbear.B causes redo log file corruption on machine
> with Oracle 8.0.4. Personal Edition?
>
> Oracle can't open database because of error:
> ORA-00356: inconsistent lengths in change description
> ORA-00353: log corruption near block 374 change 14057424 time 07/03/03
> 13:15:04
> ORA-00312: online log 1 thread 1: 'C:\ORANT\DATABASE\...'
>
> We found W32.Bugbear.B_at_mm on machine and we are 100% sure that on 07/03/03
> at 13:15 Outlook express was started.
>
> Thanx.
>
> Ivica
>
Received on Tue Jul 08 2003 - 04:58:01 CEST