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Article #9396Re: I'm not sure I believe this. (was Re: New WDEF Virus)
From: 6600pete
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 19:24
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 19:24
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From article <1989Dec12.103124.7074@caen.engin.umich.edu>, by mystone@mondo.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu): > In article <4221@sbcs.sunysb.edu> vallon@sboslab15.cs.sunysb.edu (Justin Vallon) writes: >>In article <3277@hub.UUCP>, 6600pete@hub.UUCP writes: >>> From article <1501@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, by wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu >>(Bill Taroli): >>> > if this WDEF does have code in it that's installing resources into >>> > the Desktop then why are the virus detection programs (like GateKeeper) not >>> > able to catch it? >>> >>> Because they don't watch the Desktop file. > Wrong. In my haste to convince people that the WDEF virus does in fact exist, I made an incorrect guess about how it was going about its dirty-work. I still don't know, and I don't want to know. Probably a bit like knowing how to build a nuclear weapon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Gontier | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa Editor, Macker | Online Macintosh Programming Journal; mail for subscription Hire this kid | Mac, DOS, C, Pascal, asm, excellent communication skills
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!hub!6600pete From: 6600pete@hub.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: I'm not sure I believe this. (was Re: New WDEF Virus) Message-ID: <3294@hub.UUCP> Date: 12 Dec 89 19:24:00 GMT References: <1989Dec12.103124.7074@caen.engin.umich.edu> Sender: news@hub.UUCP Lines: 20