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In article <1056@hubcap.UUCP>, mmccann@hubcap.UUCP (Mike McCann) writes:
> I recently downloaded a file from sumex which after running for a few
> seconds, crashed on me.  The mouse was frozen, so when I reset the Mac
> the hard drive wouldnt come up and it was treated as an non-mac disk.
> Was this a freak accident or are there virus programs out there which
> attack macs?  If so, is there a program that can successfully detect
> virus programs?  Help...........
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike McCann

No, this is no virus.  It is a feature of the Mac OS.  (I assume you are run-
ning a Mac II, since it's what I have and what I've heard this problem on, but
I don't know if it can happen to other Macs.  I think so, though.)  What
happened was that the program screwed up your parameter RAM (PRAM) and your
little ole mac got confused about what to do at startup.  Just run a program
to ZAP PRAM, or hold down SHIFT-CTRL-OPT when you choose the control panel DA
and answer yes to the PRAM ZAP dialog.  This blanks PRAM to its default
setting and lets you re-set it to your taste.  If you are using a Mac II, there
is a patchj in the form of an INIT that keeps this from happening.  I love it!
Can't say how many times I had to ZAP my PRAM before the patch came along, and
I've not had to do it since.  Well, not for this reason, anyway...


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