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Recently on EchoMac I read a posting concerning a Trojan going under the 
guise of Stuffit v2.0d, here is a little excerpt:


> Msg#   : 9309   Fri 21 Apr 89  3:43p 
> From   : GERRY JOHNSON
> To     : All
> Subject: Possible Stuffit 2.0d Virus
>
> I found this alarming message on BIG MAC BBS (201-531-3519,
> Wanamassa, NJ)  Can anyone verify this?
>
> 21/21: Watch Out! Warning!
> Name: Frank Ventura #89
> Date: 11:07 am  Fri Apr 21, 1989
> There is a new trojan horse program that is going around under
> the guise of StuffIt 2.0d! This is a very lethal program I had
> my hard disk turned off (power switch off) but it still managed
> to trash the disk enough where it cannot not be reinitialized via
> PC MacTools, SUM, or the drives own initialzation software -
> I sent the drive back to the manfacturer and they said the
> damage was beyond repair (something about the program
> writing too many bad sectors to the disk). So I caution you no
> to do anything with the above program it is being uploaded
> all around the country by some nasty little kid, the info I
> have on him is:


The question I have is, is it indeed possible for a trojan to do harm to a 
hard drive if the drive isn't even on!?  I've never heard of such a thing, 
but thought I'd ask the net...


David..

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