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Article #9480Re: I'm not sure I believe this. (was Re: New WDEF Virus)
From: Dean Yu
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 21:39
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 21:39
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In article <1748@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.J. Wasilko) writes:
>Whenever I install the SuperSpoll DA (which contains a WDEF) Vaccine
>always catches it. It also catches the fact that WinChooser is adding a
>WDEF resource.
>
>Why doesn't it catch the addition of a WDEF resource to the Desktop
>file?
>
>Jeff
Because the WDEFs from SuperSpool and WindChooser are normal WDEFs and
don't do anything to prevent Vaccine from warning you about it, which is
the way it should be. The WDEF virus knows about Vaccine and GateKeeper
and performs specific actions to bypass them, which is why neither flags
the addition of a WDEF to your Desktop.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!shadooby!netnews.engin.umich.edu!news From: mystone@mondo.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: I'm not sure I believe this. (was Re: New WDEF Virus) Message-ID: <1989Dec13.213954.24156@caen.engin.umich.edu> Date: 13 Dec 89 21:39:54 GMT References: <3277@hub.UUCP> <1501@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <4221@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <1989Dec12.044029.19171@eng.umd.edu> <1748@ultb.isc.rit.edu> Sender: news@caen.engin.umich.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu Organization: Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Michigan Lines: 23