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Article #11885Re: EMERGENCY: Strange Mac Trouble
From: jason
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 1990 00:30
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 1990 00:30
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>The first thing I began noticing is that after exiting applications or
>rebooting, all of the windows that were open disappear, leaving the
>stock hard disk icon which has to be reopened.
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>The latest versions of Disinfectant and Virus Rx report no viruses.
One conjecture:
>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.
But the latest version of Disinfectant recognizes the WDEF, so this brand
of gremlin is unlikely.
-- Jason
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