[comp.virus] Mathematica reports Scores virus, Disinfectant can't find it

reedp@harvard.harvard.edu (Paul Reed) (03/15/91)

I have an old version of Mathematica (version 1.03) that displays a
message about the Scores virus when I run it.  It says that the
system is infected with the Scores virus, and some other stuff about
Mathematica not working properly.

But I used Disinfectant 2.4 to scan the hard disk, and it didn't find
any viruses.  Can the Scores virus hide from Disinfectant, or is
Mathematica finding something that looks like Scores but really isn't?

Thanks,

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