Re: AutoStart Worm

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:00

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Terry Bishop <terry@edgy.demon.co.uk> wrote:

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> Has anyone got any suggestions please?

Try running Disk First Aid and Norton Disk Doctor: it sounds like you've
got some file structure damage to your HDD.

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

You only need to do this if you've got a PowerMac and you're running
QuickTime 2.0 or above.

The worm can't affect 68k Macs (it's got PPC code only) and requires
QT2.

Rowland.

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