ACSAZ@SEMASSU.BITNET (06/27/89)
ACSAZ@SEMASSU, 26-JUN-1989
Hello,
Besides nVir and Scores, what other viruses are `out' for the Mac. I
am interested in their frequency of appearence and how they can be
identified and dealt with.
Muchos Gracias,
Alex Z... . . .macman@ethz.uucp (07/04/89)
>From macman Mon Jul 3 22:09:02 MET 1989 remote from ethz >Newsgroups: comp.virus >Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland There are quite a few other viruses on the loose: Several new strains of nVIR (named Hpat, AIDS, etc), with mainly the same infection code. Some are more harmful, some are less. Then, INIT 29, which is extremely virulent (active), but doesn't destroy anything. ANTI, which cannot be detected by ResEdit or older virus detection programs. This one is fairly widespread in Europe, but not much in the USA (the opposite is with Scores). Prevention methods, besides fair computer hygiene (i.e. being careful when swapping disks with someone else) i urgently recommend the *regular* use of a virus detector such as Disinfectant or VirusDetective (commercial products like sam or virex do the same job, but cost). By regular, I mean on every new disk/program you receive, even if it was a sealed original, *plus* once a week on your hard disk. - -- Danny Schwendener MASH Virus Group +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Mail : Danny Schwendener, ETH Macintosh Support | | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8092 Zuerich | | Bitnet : macman@czheth5a UUCP : {cernvax,mcvax}ethz!macman | | Internet: macman@ifi.ethz.ch Voice : yodel three times | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+