Re: System File grows to 10M

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From: Peter "Arrgh" Korn
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1988 00:36

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In <240@pedro.UUCP>, benjamin_kuo@pedro.UUCP (Benjamin Kuo) said:  

>  Sounds like a virus.  These unknown resources are ALMOST ALWAYS viruses 
>getting to your system. (25 megabyte DeskTop file, in my case). 
  
NO, it does NOT sound like a virus.  "unnkown" resources ALMOST ALWAYS
belong to Desk Accessories and INITs that are living in your system.
Occasionally uninstalling them didn't uninstall all of their resources,
just the INIT or DRVR resource.  Let me repeat, it is most likely NOT a
virus which caused this.  I've had this happen to me several times,
and always the culprit was a prerelease copy of some program that installs
or removes resources (certain early copies of ResEdit, the installation
programs that occasionally accompany INITs, etc.).

Typically what has happened is that the resource map is hosed, and I've yet
to successfully repair it once damaged.

Peter
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Peter "Arrgh" Korn
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