SOUTHALL@AUVM.BITNET (Tom Southall) (11/16/89)
Hello, We are being hit by a Mac virus that is not recognized by our vaccine programs (Disinfectant, etc.). The symptoms we see, in order of severity (age?) of the virus are: 1. System file date changes to current date 2. All printing services are degraded 3. File can not be opened - but is visible 4. Open files can not be saved 5. Machine freezes in the middle of doing work 6. Names of infected files are changed to *'s The virus appears to be passed through data files and/or through our Appletalk network. We have reformatted all disks and fixed the server, but the virus re-appears very quickly. Any ideas as to what this might be, and how to get rid of it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Tom Southall Manager, User Services The American University Washington, DC 20016 (202) 885-2277