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Article #39493Re: VIRUS PREVENTION AND HELP FOR SPECTRE OWNERS
From: Troy Carpenter
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 20:52
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 20:52
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We here at UT have known about this virus now for about a week. The two ways
mentioned before (via virus detective and Res edit) both work, but get
disinfectant 1.4, which should be available now (we've had our copies for 5
days now.) It will automatically kill WDEF, as well as all the other MAC
viruses.
So far, I have not seen any ST's infected. I checked all my disks and my
hard drive with Disinfectant 1.4, and none have had it. Disinfectant 1.4 also
has a nice history and description of what it does.
WDEF still comes back, but we have pretty much licked it here. When we first
found out about it, we found it on all our servers, but like I said, with
Disinfectant 1.4, it it almost gone (but seems to want to keep coming back,
also!)
This virus is not just in the US, it was discovered in Belgium, so all you
European Aladian users (as well as Spectre) should check for it too.
Troy Carpenter
Computer Sciences
THE University of Texas, Austin
psurge@cs.utexas.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!psurge From: psurge@cs.utexas.edu (Troy Carpenter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: VIRUS PREVENTION AND HELP FOR SPECTRE OWNERS Summary: WDEF & ST's Message-ID: <7371@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 15 Dec 89 20:52:26 GMT References: <891213.09444156.032840@SFA.CP6> <22910@brunix.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.utexas.edu Lines: 22