thomas%mvac23.uucp@udel.edu (Thomas Lapp) (06/28/91)
This came from a colleague at work who works with our PCs. In a
followup message she sent to me today, she indicated that a technician
seems to think it is more a problem with some flakey hardware taking a
bunch of other pieces out, and that it was just coincidence that
System 7 was going in at the same time...
If anyone else has seen anything like this, I'd be real interested in
knowing more, and passing it back to Barbara.
-tom
From: NAME: Barbara J. Miller
FUNC: ISD-P&DD/IT&E
To: NAME: Thomas L. Lapp <LAPPTL AT ISCDCVM3>
Thought you might be interested in hearing about a "potential
virus". It has not been declared a virus by anyone at this
point, but I always like to expect the worst until it is
determined.
From: NAME: Barbara J. Miller
FUNC: ISD-P&DD/IT&E
Date: 26-Jun-1991
Posted-date: 26-Jun-1991
Precedence: 1
Subject: Virus Alert - Mac's S7
To: See Below
Virus Alert:
I just received word of a virus that was encountered during a Mac
System 7 installation. Both the keyboard and mouse DIED on three
machines that just had System 7 installed on them. The customer
then attached a voltage meter to the ADB port of a fourth machine
only to find a unusually high reading. It appears the virus
destroys chips on the mouse and keyboard.
Suggestions: Be cautious when installing S7.
Be sure it is a CLEAN copy - directly from Apple or
from CD-ROM.
Apple has been contacted.
- tom
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