merlyn@digibd.com (Merlyn LeRoy) (03/11/91)
(I posted a similar note to comp.sys.mac.comm, but forgot about this group)
DigiBoard's recent driver for the Nu/4i and Nu/8i serial boards
unfortunately were infected with the WDEF A virus. We've managed to
recall all the boards from the US distributors, with only 2 boards
getting to customers, and we're contacting them. We're in the
process of contacting the last European distributor now.
The infected disk has the part number PN 40000480B; the replacement
disk is PN 40000480C. The WDEF virus doesn't try to do anything but
replicate itself, but on newer machines (mac IIci and later) it crashes
instead of reproducing, so it can't infect them. It can be destroyed by
rebuilding the desktop (hold down the option & command keys while booting
or inserting a floppy), or with Disinfectant or other anti-virus software.
Brian Westley
DigiBoardliam@cs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts;) (03/21/91)
In <1991Mar10.182133.23778@digibd.com> merlyn@digibd.com (Merlyn LeRoy) writes: >The WDEF virus doesn't try to do anything but >replicate itself, but on newer machines (mac IIci and later) it crashes >instead of reproducing, so it can't infect them. It can be destroyed by >rebuilding the desktop (hold down the option & command keys while booting >or inserting a floppy), or with Disinfectant or other anti-virus software. A/UX 2.0 is immune to the WDEF virus anyway (or it was at 2.0b3 - the Mac compatibility of the final 2.0 release may be better!). It also appeared to be fairly immune to nVIR - the System got infected but that didn't attach to anything further. We currently use the Disinfectant INIT with the MacPartition to boot into A/UX and the A/UX shared System Folder - this is mostly for the benefit of students, so that the System tells them if their floppies are infected. Does Apple have anyone who keeps track of Mac viruses? Do A/UX releases get tested for infectability?