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Article #27137Vaccine seems disabled (BY A VIRUS?)
From: Phil Hunt
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1988 14:43
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1988 14:43
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Hello, Yes, I have been having troubles with Viruses too. I installed Vaccine and rebooted and sure enough it DID come up and say that something was trying to write a nVIR resource to my system file. I told it to DENY access and it seemed to work, but now, NOTHING since that first message has ever come from Vaccine!! As others have mentioned, I have tried to add resources to the SYSTEM file and actually modified stuff in the system file using resedit. I also have tried LS 'C' and actually let something infect my system with the nVIR stuff. Vaccine has never complained (since that very first message). Is it possible that Vaccine has been infected?? Next I will try to move a new copy of Vaccine to my system folder and reboot.. Som, you may not be as safe as you thought!!! Phil Hunt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!rsts32.dec.com!hunt From: hunt@rsts32.dec.com (Phil Hunt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Vaccine seems disabled (BY A VIRUS?) Message-ID: <8804111443.AA03949@decwrl.dec.com> Date: 11 Apr 88 14:43:46 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 16