[comp.virus] Dukakis Virus

XRJDM%SCFVM.BITNET@VMA.CC.CMU.EDU (Joe McMahon) (11/09/89)

The "Dukakis Virus" was a self-perpetuating HyperCard script. When the
stack containing it was opened, it would first try to install itself
into the Home stack. The version in the Home stack would then spread
to other stacks.  Editing it out of the Home stack and installing an
"ON SET" script was sufficient to block it.

It was released on CompuServe and apparently was not set up to have a
long enough incubation time before it first went off. I believe it was
stamped out pretty quickly, but it did exist.

Worst, the actual script was published in the InfoMac digest...

 --- Joe M.