werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) (08/02/90)
Just FYI, here is the "Virus Alert" sidebar from yesterday's MacWeek (page 3) for those who haven't seen it or don't receive MacWeek: "PostScript virus on the loose" Newton, Mass. - A rogue PostScript file of some sort - perhaps a Trojan horse font or graphic - reportedly has reset passwords on Adobe PostScript printers at several sites around the country in recent weeks, preventing owners from using the output devices until an EEROM [sic] was replaced. While the scope and exact nature of the problem are not known, several PostScript gurus have already written programs designed to prevent tampering with the password mechanism in Adobe controllers. Information and at least one of the protective programs are available on CompuServe's DTP Forum.