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From: James Fitzwilliam
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1988 23:38
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1988 23:38
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OK, I've got this neat little vaccinator file in my system folder
which "helps guard against viruses, trojans, worms..." -- What
will it say/do if it spots something fishy? Can someone explain
briefly how it operates without giving away the recipe for
defeating the protection it provides? I'm particularly puzzled as
to how an INIT device could check for infections of APPLs as well
as the ZSYS... Is it just a do-a-checksum-on-the-system-at-boot,
or does it work as long as the Mac is on?
Please excuse me if this info was available but I missed it. This
kind of information is probably safer in the mail than the topic.
(Besides, all of these virus panic messages, vitally important as
they are, can be very unnerving reading while sitting at one's Mac
keyboard! A bit like watching "A Night to Remember" on a cruise.)
Thanks much.
James Fitzwilliam
domain: syap@tut.cc.rochester.edu
path: rochester!ur-tut!syap "Piano is my forte" (-:
GEnie: FITZWILLIAM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!ur-tut!syap From: syap@ur-tut (James Fitzwilliam) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Vaccine Program from comp.binaries.mac Message-ID: <1480@ur-tut.UUCP> Date: 22 Mar 88 23:38:25 GMT Organization: Gadgetland USA Lines: 25 Keywords: virus vaccine questions