[comp.sys.mac] Underlining & the WDEF virus

ksbolduan@amherst.bitnet (02/04/90)

> I shall briefly go over two cases of WDEF/MS Word conflicts that have
> arisen here at the Institute:
> 
> 1) A client was having a problem with fonts in Word. Basically, she
> would type a sentence in the "Plain Text" format option and then she
> typed the same sentence with underline on. Guess what? The sentence that
> was underlined was shorter than its plain text counterpart.  Yes, they
> were the same font family, size, etc.  The only thing different was that
> one was underlined.

This seems to be indicative of WDEF A - and not just in MS Word. I noticed
that, when I was in the Finder (while running MultiFinder) the word SUITCASE II
under my Apple menu (It's the only DA that was underlined)
was condensed! In fact, anywhere that I found a menu item that was UNDERLINED
that I could see while in the Finder (This also included a selection from
my Boomerang-able folders in the SFGetDialogBox) it was
condensed. After reading this, I ran Disinfectant 1.6 and voila, a WDEF A in my
Desktop. And I had just got it yesterday! So, take a look at that word Suitcase
II and if it seems a bit condensed, you might want to run Disinfectant.

Just my experience,
Kevin Bolduan
Amherst College