GLWARNER@SAMFORD.BITNET (THE GAR) (01/29/91)
I just ran SAM on my Mac, because someone was using it over the weekend, and I don't know what they did. I was told that my desktop was infected with WDEF. This bothered me, so I contacted the person who had been using it. They said that they had only used my hard drive to type a memo in MS WORD and print it, and they had then deleted the file. So I started checking all the disks that I have received from "unknown" sources this month (a SAM scan on Jan 5 had been clean). I of course suspected disks first where someone had said "Hey, here's some cool game/sound/graphic". All of them were clean. I then began to check "legitimate" software. White Knight's new ScreenShare, and MacKeymeleon II, both of which I received un-solicited, were clean, 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! Just thought someone out there might want to know. /++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\ ! Later + Systems Programmer ! ! Gary Warner + Samford University Computer Services ! ! + II TIMOTHY 2:15 ! \+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++/