MWILSON@STSCI.BITNET (Michael) (08/30/90)
Hello, I think that my Mac IIcx was infected with a new virus. I have SAM II, Gatekeeper and Gatekeeper Aid running all the time. I was installing some software that I purchased from MacFriends onto my computer. There were about 10 fonts from Adobe and 10 from Bitstream and ColorStudio from Letraset. The system was fine before the software installation began. I might add that MacFriends had sent the Adobe fonts on their own labeled disks (? very strange) I'll have to ask them about that later. I had a recent backup so I was not too worried once the 'weird' stuff began. After I installed ColorStudio I tried to boot it up, but it asked me for the Settings file and then crashed. I rebooted and noticed that the SunDesk icon was now upside down!!! I checked the ColorStudio program disks for the settings file, but it wasn't there -- by the way I did purchase the program and it was fresh out of the shrinkwrap. I then tried to open the Control Panel and it told me that the system was missing some system resources. After opening up the system folder I tried moving some inits because I thought I was having init conflicts -- the inits couldn't be moved. The system said file busy/in use. I was pissed!!! I booted again from a floppy and tried to move the files and I got the same message. I then rebooted the mac from the hard drive and got a message stating that the finder was damaged and I should use the Installer to correct it. I did and rebooted. This time the SunDesk Icon was upsidedown and small, with some other trash. The mac hung and I rebooted -- the system then started up and only loaded four of my 15 inits and Cdev's!! Realizing that something was very wrong I tried to move the SunDesk icon and couldn't do it. I tried to delete the file and it seemed to be ok this time. I closed up the system folder and then opened it a few minutes later. The deleted files were back!! I ran SumII on the disk and many files were listed as having their checksum as changed. I didn't want to infect anymore disks so I initialized the disk and restored it. That's where I am now. I put the fonts back on because I desperately need them, but ColorStudio is off and I don't know what to make of my problems!! HELP....HELP....HELP has anyone seen anything like this before??? Please respond to me even if you want to take a guess...... Michael I. Wilson MWILSON@STSCI.bitnet Thanks in advance for your help!!