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From: grobbins@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Grobbins)
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Subject: Re: Virus Question
Summary: Disinfectant can clean Desktop if MF off
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Date: 4 May 90 16:21:51 GMT
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In article <839@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> dale@bcm.tmc.edu (Dale Samuelsen) writes:
>In article <3787@uwm.edu> zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven M Kosloske) writes:
>> There is no file called Desktop on my drive, does this mean the desktop
>> itself is infected by this virus?  It also mentions that the file is open
>> so it cannot clear the virus.  What can I do about this?
>If  Disinfectant reports you have a WDEF A virus in your Desktop file, you 
>need to get a clean (read uninfected) System Diskette 

Disinfectant can clean the desktop file if MultiFinder is turned off.
Hold down the command key while booting, and then run Disinfectant.

Grobbins.    grobbins@eniac.seas.upenn.edu