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Article #35108Re: new virus???
From: R. Scott V. Paterson
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 1988 05:41
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 1988 05:41
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In article <SARREL.88Dec4225310@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> sarrel@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) writes: .>Well, here we go again, folks... .> .>I think I may have found a new virus. Interferon 3.1 did not detect .>it, but some strange (if benign) things have been going on. I first .>suspected a problem when three of my floppy disks (which I hadn't look .>at in a month or two) suddenly had new disk icons. The new icons .>resembled a "Hello, my name is ____" sticker.> .>--marc This icon is part of the facade init. Do you use that? I think the default setting with facade was to give this icon to untitled disks, hence you would not get rid of the icon by reformatting. Hope this is the answer, I really wouldn't like to see a new virus floating around, but this doesn't sound like one. -rsvp R. Scott V. Paterson Kiewit Computation Center Systems Operator Dartmouth rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu rsvp@dartcms1.bitnet
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!rsvp From: rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (R. Scott V. Paterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: new virus??? Message-ID: <11350@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 5 Dec 88 05:41:17 GMT References: <SARREL.88Dec4225310@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (R. Scott V. Paterson) Distribution: comp Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 24