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jg3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jason Ari Goldstein) writes:
> Just like everywhere else the WDEF is thriving here at Carnegie-Mellon
> Univ.  I recently removed WDEF A & B off of 15 disks of a friend of
> mine.  When I commented to somone here about the virus they said there
> was nothing they could do to stop it, except remove it once a machine
> got infected.
>
> I don't know much about Macs (Being a PC person) but if I understand
> correctly every time the disk is inserted the they Virus is sread to
> the disk.  Well, why doesn't someone write an innoculation directly
> based on the virus itself.  Everytime a disk is inserted in the drive
> it would be checked for infection if so it would remove WDEF if not it
> would then 'innoculate the disk' with itself.  Eventually, WDEF would
> be wiped out the same way it was spread initially.

This is the first *really* sane Idea that I have seen, about
combatting viri.  The checkers and clearers are fine, but this type of
'virus' would be a good thing.  Provided it is safegarded so that IT
can't be infected.....

Cheers

Woody