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Article #298Re: Keyboard mystery...
From: Gunnar Pettersson
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 00:00
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In article <5l5gkr$ltk@enet1.enetis.net>, stone@enetis.net (Kevin and Brian Stone) wrote: > Years ago there was a silly little anthology of apps called, >Stupid Mac Tricks (or somthing like that). One of the apps was a >prankster app designed to open at startup. The app would remain invisible >and act like a virus, eliminating all vowels on the keyboard. Very >annoying... very frustrating... very silly. > The other possability is that you've downloaded a virus. This >program is extremely simple to write and to hide... so if you've downloaded >any text files, small apps, or misc. files off the internet lately it's >very likely that one of them was a virus. > I'd first check your startup folder for anything that doesn't >belong in there, and then scan your drives with a virus checker. > >: Any help appreciated >: Gunnar > > Hope that helps. > >-Kevin Stone > Stone Entertainment So far no luck. There's nothing in the start-up folder. I've tried turning off all extensions and control panels. Disinfectant reports no virus. One of the problems is it's my kid's machine and he's put in a whole load of 'funny' voices, pictures, fonts etc - not to speak of games - but they are almost all of them off Mac magazine CD-ROMs. I suppose a major cull should be undertaken next, in the vain hope of unearthing the Vowel Killer...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c648,1c4fd279a805e93f X-Google-Attributes: gid10c648,public X-Google-Thread: 10e148,1c4fd279a805e93f X-Google-Attributes: gid10e148,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,1c4fd279a805e93f X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public X-Google-Thread: 1156c9,1c4fd279a805e93f X-Google-Attributes: gid1156c9,public From: gunnar.pettersson@powrd.demon.co.uk (Gunnar Pettersson) Subject: Re: Keyboard mystery... Date: 1997/05/12 Message-ID: <AF9D032A96684B9BD@powrd.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 241092833 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: powrd.demon.co.uk [158.152.59.28] References: <AF9B9CF8966825F68@powrd.demon.co.uk> <5l5gkr$ltk@enet1.enetis.net> Organization: n/a Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,demon.tech.mac