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Article #11546Re: EMERGENCY: Strange Mac Trouble
From: John DeRosa
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 1990 18:21
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 1990 18:21
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Every bit of my network`s "strange mac troubles" have been caused by the WDEF virus which is basically harmless, spreads like wildfire, causes all sorts of strange behavior (like a special>restart that only brings you back to the desktop, no restart at all) and is easy to get rid of. If you must have a virus, this is the one to have. Get rid of it by holding down the command-options keys during boot or when you insert a disk. This rebuilds the desktop which is where the virus resides. Symantec SAM Intercept does a good job of spotting the virus and preventing the spreading.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!motcid!derosa From: derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: EMERGENCY: Strange Mac Trouble Message-ID: <2167@crystal9.UUCP> Date: 9 Apr 90 18:21:50 GMT References: <Ia5vz2600WB30Lc8NA@andrew.cmu.edu> <28612@cup.portal.com> <1990Apr6.083213.6840@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL Lines: 15