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From: jason@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: EMERGENCY: Strange Mac Trouble
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Date: 14 Apr 90 00:30:19 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!jason    Apr 13 16:38:00 1990


>The first thing I began noticing is that after exiting applications or
>rebooting, all of the windows that were open disappear, leaving the
>stock hard disk icon which has to be reopened.
>
>			...
>
>The latest versions of Disinfectant and Virus Rx report no viruses.


One conjecture:

>Every bit of my network`s "strange mac troubles" have been caused
>by the WDEF virus which is basically harmless, spreads like wildfire,
>causes all sorts of strange behavior (like a special>restart that only
>brings you back to the desktop, no restart at all) and is easy to
>get rid of.

But the latest version of Disinfectant recognizes the WDEF, so this brand
of gremlin is unlikely.

                       -- Jason