Re: Virus? "Smilies Document"

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From: Steve Baumgarten
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 1990 18:13

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In article <HAIRSTON.90Mar2130816@henry.ece.cmu.edu>, hairston@henry (David Hairston) writes:
>this is probably not a virus. get a copy of "disinfectant 1.6" to check
>for possible known virus infections. however, in your case the culprit
>is most likely a file that had its "bundle bit" improperly set. that
>file would most likely have been called "smilies". if that file is no
>longer on your disk then rebuilding the desktop should solve your problem.

Another interesting thing along this line.  I wondered why the new
Dataframe Manager software had Darth Vader for an icon, until I
realized that the creator type is the same as Broderbund's Star
Wars (and I put Star Wars on my disk first)...

So much for registering creator IDs with Apple, huh?

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