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Article #4987Re: Gatekeeper and Gatekeeper Aid (Mac)
From: William C. DenBesten
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 16:51
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 16:51
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dmg@retina.mitre.org (David Gursky) writes: > In VIRUS-L Digest V2 #265, "Carl_A.Fassbender" <YOOPER@MSU.BITNET> was > asking why the Gatekeeper & Gatekeeper Aid icon did not show up after > he made the files invisible. > > The Mac OS does not load INITs that are part of files with the > Invisible bit set. [Editorial comment: Hey Apple! Why?????] If you > want to have Gatekeeper active, you must have the file visible on the > desktop. Older versions of the system did not do this. Apple started this practice shortly after scores hit the mac. The reasoning is that there were if all inits had to be visible, then viruses would have a harder time hiding from the user. I believe this to be a good decision. On lab disks, I set the entire system folder invisible, but leave the files visible. N.B. this is my interpretation and recollection of timeframes. - -- William C. DenBesten is denbeste@bgsu.edu or denbesten@bgsuopie.bitnet
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: bgsuvax!denbeste@cis.ohio-state.edu (William C. DenBesten) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Gatekeeper and Gatekeeper Aid (Mac) Message-ID: <0002.8912221130.AA21342@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 21 Dec 89 16:51:03 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List <VIRUS-L@IBM1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> Lines: 23 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu