MCMAHON@GRIN1.Bitnet (McMahon,Brian D) (06/06/90)
Since the initial report, there's been a conspicuous LACK of any reports of MDEF/Garfield hits. Have they just not made it to the list? Has Garfield been contained? Is it spreading undetected? Inquiring minds want to know. ;-) I posted a query to the Virus SIG in the Mac Utilities area of America Online, and got this: >Subj: MDEF Marching Through Georgia? 90-06-04 19:50:27 EDT >From: DavidIIci > > Brian, > > While perusing through postings on the Mac Software BBS on PRODIGY, I >came across a post from an individual in Douglasville, Georgia (a suburb to >the west of Atlanta) who confirmed that he had been victimized by MDEF. It >had been found on a disk that he'd brought back from a local service >bureau. He'd taken a Quark XPress job there to be run out. When he >returned, a scan from a virus detection program (think it was Disinfectant) >confirmed a viral infection.....MDEF. [ Stuff deleted ] If this (third-hand) report is accurate, then the thing is on its merry way. If anyone has further info, please consider contacting me directly. Indulge me in my little quirk... :-) Brian McMahon <MCMAHON@GRIN1.BITNET> | VAX Kludgemeister, Macintosh Medic, Grinnell College Computer Services | Human Help Key, various and sundry Grinnell, Iowa 50112 | stats packages. Please allow two (515) 269-4901 | to four weeks for miracles. (No, *NOT* Idaho! Not Ohio, either!)