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From: jap2_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (The Mad Mathematician)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Macwight Virus (?)
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Date: 8 Nov 89 22:41:56 GMT
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In article <0004.8911081210.AA26585@ge.sei.cmu.edu> C0195%UNIVSCVM.BITNET@VMA.C
C.CMU.EDU (Gregory E. Gilbert) writes:
>Is there such a beast?

Macwight is a name someone here at the U of R gave to an error we
found in a few copies of Macwrite.  Something or someone changed the
icon of Macwrite to show the word Macwite instead of the lines, and
the name of the the application to Macwite or Macwight.  After the
first few reports, I got a copy to play with for a while, but it was
taken and given to someone else.  Since then I haven't seen another,
nor have any of the student consultants.  I don't know if this was a
true virus, but it a copy of Macwrite changed before the consultant's
boss' eyes, ie the name changed from Macwrite to Macwite, and upon
inspection via Resedit the icon was found to have changed.

>Gregory E. Gilbert

The Mad Mathematician
jap2_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
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