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Article #9303Re: Eradicator! INIT for WDEF Virus
From: Randy Thompson
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 16:00
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 16:00
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From article <1922@accuvax.nwu.edu>, by jln@accuvax.nwu.edu (John Norstad):
> Attached is an INIT named Eradicator! that will dectect and eliminate
> the new WDEF virus. It was written by three programmers in Belgium,
> Guy Fiems, Riccardo Ettore, and Luc Wets.
> [deleted]
> The INIT examines every disk when it is mounted and checks for the
> WDEF virus. If the virus is detected, the INIT beeps three times,
> flashes the menu bar, and removes the virus.
> [deleted]
John mentions Eradicator's ability to detect and repair WDEF infections
on floppies, but will this init also work on the hard disk at boot time?
I presume that it will, but...
Many thanks!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!smsdpg!rht From: rht@smsdpg.uu.net (Randy Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Eradicator! INIT for WDEF Virus Message-ID: <419@smsdpg.uu.net> Date: 11 Dec 89 16:00:21 GMT References: <1922@accuvax.nwu.edu> Organization: SMS Data Products Group, Reston VA Lines: 22