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Article #9339Re: More fuel to the WDEF virus fire
From: Juri Munkki
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 21:47
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 21:47
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If you are unwilling to use the INIT that I posted, you could try a very simple cure to the problem by installing Apple's WDEF 0 from the System file to the Desktop file. You could try to make it locked so that the virus will not replace it with its own copy. Disclaimer: I don't have a copy of the WDEF virus, since our university appears to be free of it, but the above method should work, if the information posted here is correct and my theory on how the virus works is correct. I recommend trying my init. If you discover that it works, please let me know. I'll write a new one, if you have problems with the current version. At least I'll be prepared when the virus arrives in Finland. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ | Juri Munkki jmunkki@hut.fi jmunkki@fingate.bitnet I Want Ne | | Helsinki University of Technology Computing Centre My Own XT | ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!sunic!tut!santra!kampi.hut.fi!jmunkki From: jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: More fuel to the WDEF virus fire Message-ID: <1989Dec11.214730.22537@santra.uucp> Date: 11 Dec 89 21:47:30 GMT References: <6140@wpi.wpi.edu> <3687@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: news@santra.uucp (Cnews - USENET news system) Reply-To: jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 18