Re: Virus on the Mac?

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From: William H. Jefferys
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1988 03:55

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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...........
~
What program was this that caused this problem?  Without this
information your article can't help (warn) anyone else, and no-one
else can help you!

Bill Jefferys
-- 
Glend.	I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hot.	Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you
	do call for them?    --  Henry IV Pt. I, III, i, 53

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ut-sally!utastro!bill
From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Virus on the Mac?
Message-ID: <2489@utastro.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 88 03:55:15 GMT
References: <1056@hubcap.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@astro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
Organization: UT AUSTIN Astronomy Department/McDonald Observatory
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Keywords: Virus Sumex

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