dale@bcm.tmc.edu (Dale A. Samuelsen) (07/18/90)
A friend of mine told me of a new virus, and I wanted to know if
anyone has heard of it.
There is rumored to be a new virus which attaches itself to PostScript
code. Its action is such that it modifys the password in a postscript
laser printer thus preventing users from printing their documents. I'd
like to know the following:
1. Has anybody had any experience with this virus.
2. Presuming you say "yes" to #1, how does the virus spread -
ie. as a trojan horse, in postscript files, in applications,
in files, etc.
3. Should one find this virus on one's system or, worse yet,
should one's laser printer be affected, how can one rid ones
system of the virus.
4. Since this virus seems to affect postscript files, is it
possible that this virus can spread from Mac to PC to
other-systems-that-use-postscript.
I'd be grateful for any information you can give me.
Dale
Dale A. Samuelsen
Baylor College of Medicine
dale@bcm.tmc.edu
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