[comp.virus] Macintoch MacWrite, STR 801

JS05STAF%MIAMIU.BITNET@VMA.CC.CMU.EDU (Joe Simpson) (10/26/89)

I'm unclear about the STR 801 discussion.  Let me tell a little story
to see if I can further confuse things.

About 4 months ago a client reported that MacWrite was growing in file
size on a public Mac.  I checked to see that VACCINE was turned on.
I ran Disinfectant 1.2.  A clean machine.

I then ran ResEdit to look at the MacWrite file.  There were a large
number of STR 801 resources.  The program was adding STR 801 resources
at some unknown interval.

I replacedthe file with a fresh copy of MacWrite and the problem disappeared.

I put it down to normal computer miseries and not a computer virus.