C0195@UNIVSCVM.BITNET (Gregory E. Gilbert) (01/12/90)
I saw this posted in Vol. 8, Number 6 of the INFO-MAC Digest. THought is was
worthy of a cross posting.
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 90 15:22 EST
From: FRIEDMAN@anchor.rutgers.edu
Subject: Trojan Horse???? A new one
I recently saw a posting about two new sharewares, JCremote and Mac II
Diagnostic Sound. After unBinHexing and Unstuffing them, I did what most of
would, I checked for viruses using SAM Virus Clinic 1.3. No known viruses were
detected. I tried the Mac II Diagnostic Sound and then installed JCremote. As
I installed JCremote into my system folder SAM 1.3 warned me about attempts to
modify the system file, however, this is not uncommon with a CDEV or RDEV.
After installing it, I opened the chooser and selected JCremote. The system
froze. When I rebooted the computer the computer started to launch, but the
crashed. There was no bomb or any message, just a blank screen. After
rebooting with a floppy and checking with Disinfectant 1.5, the system file was
noted as having a damaged resource fork. This meant I had to install a new one
.
I am not sure which of the two mentioned files are the culprit. The first time
it happened I heard a sound which sounded like one of the Mac II Diagnostic
Sound sounds and the freeze occurred when I tried running JCremote.
Rich
Friedman@biovax
Greg
Postal address: Gregory E. Gilbert
Computer Services Division
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina USA 29208
(803) 777-6015
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