Re: Implied Loader Viruses (Mac)

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From: Robert J Woodhead
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1990 22:50

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XRJDM@SCFVM.BITNET (Joe McMahon) writes:

>Any resource which appears to be of an executable type which is found
>in a "non-application" file will be flagged as an "implied loader".

I think this is VERY dangerous.  How do you define what an
"executable" file is?  How about a Hypercard Stack?  It is quite
possible for a document to have a legal "executable" resource, and any
false positive is going to result in the trashing of someone's data.

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Subject: Re: Implied Loader Viruses (Mac)
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