wayner@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Pete) (06/05/90)
I just experimented with a public Mac which wasn't working too well. When I watched it boot up, the usual smiling Macintosh icon turned into a devil with horns, fangs and a long tail. I checked it with Disinfectant 1.8 and found nothing. My questions are: 1) Is this a virus or is it some legitimate program I've never experienced before? 2) If it is a legitimate program, shouldn't programmers start considering the side effects of putting neat garnishes on their software? I know several people who have been complaining about hidden about boxes. Looks like all the fun is going to be gone soon. - -Peter Peter Wayner Department of Computer Science Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY 14850 EMail:wayner@cs.cornell.edu Office: 607-255-9202 or 255-1008 Home: 116 Oak Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-277-6678
keeshu@relay.EU.net (Kees Huyser) (06/05/90)
wayner@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Pete) writes:
#I just experimented with a public Mac which wasn't
#working too well. When I watched it boot up, the usual
#smiling Macintosh icon turned into a devil with horns,
#fangs and a long tail. I checked it with Disinfectant 1.8
#and found nothing.
#
#My questions are:
#
#1) Is this a virus or is it some legitimate program I've
#never experienced before?
#
#Peter Wayner Department of Computer Science Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY 14850
#EMail:wayner@cs.cornell.edu Office: 607-255-9202 or 255-1008
#Home: 116 Oak Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-277-6678
Take a look in the System Folder on this Mac. If you find a file called
StartUpScreen, take a look at it with MacPaint. This will probably show you
the devil in all its glory...
If you don't find StartUpScreen, *or* if it doesn't contain a devil you might
be in trouble.....
- --kees
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/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */rdclark@Apple.COM (Richard Clark) (06/06/90)
The "Fanged Happy Face" is a deliberate side effect of installing the Levco "Monster Mac" RAM upgrade (and an accelerator, I think.) - -----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Richard Clark | "If you don't know where you're going, Instructor/Designer | don't go there" -- Sybalski's Law Apple Developer University +----------------------------------------------- AppleLink, GEnie, Delphi, MCI, Internet: rdclark CI$: 71401, 2071