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Article #9316Re: More fuel to the WDEF virus fire
From: John O'Malley
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 17:10
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 17:10
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Christopher Silverberg writes: >Tom Arnold writes: >TA> Instead of trying to obtain a copy of Eradicator!, wouldn't it be >TA> simpler to just rebuild the DeskTop at boot (ie: hold down the >TA> option & command keys during startup)?? > >But IS this a viable solution? Anyone?-- Rebuilding the Desktop will certainly rid that particular disk of the WDEF virus. But your Desktop will be left susceptible to reinfection ... and you only need to insert an infected disk to get the virus again. John Norstad has said not to use the current version of Eradicator! since it's too buggy for any Mac system. I'm looking forward to an updated version. Meanwhile, we can check disks ahead of time with Disinfectant 1.4. -John --- John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu / Specialist / Computing Center / 494-1787
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!iuvax!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq From: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: More fuel to the WDEF virus fire Message-ID: <3687@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 11 Dec 89 17:10:36 GMT References: <6140@wpi.wpi.edu> Reply-To: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 22