[comp.virus] Infected vendor software

XRJDM@SCFVM.GSFC.NASA.GOV (Joe McMahon) (01/31/91)

THE GAR <GLWARNER@SAMFORD.BITNET> writes:
>BUT . . . SIMWARE's "SimMac 3.1 Application Disk" (Master Program),
>which I received on or about Jan 11 was infected!  SAM reports that it
>was last altered on 12/21/90 at 12:55 PM.  This INFURIATES me, as I
>had up until today always trusted the programs that come straight from
>the manufacturer sealed in the "Read Carefully BEFORE Opening" license
>envelope!

We have, many times, emphasized that manufacturers are human, too.
Always scan *everything* you get, no matter what the source!

 --- Joe M.