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Article #5157WDEF in Toronto (MAC)
From: Kevin Adams
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 14:05
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 14:05
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Humber College in Toronto has been hit by the WDEF virus. We first detected it when machines began crashing (mouse still moved cursor around the screen, but no other response). It had managed to infect the desktop of our server by the time we caught up with it.. We had resident virus protection in place, but it was too old to snag WDEF. We brought it under control with Disinfect 1.5 and Eradicat'Em. We tried Gatekeeper Aid prior to Eradicate'Em, but it seemed not to work on our IIcx's and SE30's. We've also survived NVIR A and NVIR B. >From the reports I've read NVIR and WDEF both have no malicious intent, and that any damage they cause are 'side effects'. Is this accurate? It seems very strange to me that Virus writers would launch their missiles with no payload... Kevin Adams User Services Group Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!uwm.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: ADAMS@HUMBER.BITNET (Kevin Adams) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: WDEF in Toronto (MAC) Message-ID: <0001.9002071838.AA05671@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 6 Feb 90 14:05:42 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List <VIRUS-L@IBM1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> Lines: 23 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu