AutoStart Worm

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From: Terry Bishop
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:00

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I always treat these scares with a pinch of salt, but we've been infected
with the WORM mentioned (inter alia) in July and August Macworld.

We've traced the problem to an infected Zip cart.

Problem is not deleting the WORM (mag has some freeware fixes for this),
but removing the 'Desktop Print Spooler' file it produces on the HD. We can
make it visible and put it in the Trash, but it appears to be impossible to
delete without initialising the HD. It's also 'too badly damaged' for
ResEdit to open.

Has anyone got any suggestions please?

Meanwhile I respectfully suggest you all turn off AutoPlay in your
QuickTime Settings control panel right away.

Terry Bishop
Design Edge Limited
http://www.design-edge.co.uk

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Date: 1998/07/16
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