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From: nikhefk!keeshu@relay.EU.net (Kees Huyser)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Mac Happy Face turns into a Devil... (Mac)
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Date: 5 Jun 90 16:19:10 GMT
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wayner@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Pete) writes:
#I just experimented with a public Mac which wasn't
#working too well. When I watched it boot up, the usual
#smiling Macintosh icon turned into a devil with horns,
#fangs and a long tail. I checked it with Disinfectant 1.8
#and found nothing.
#
#My questions are:
#
#1) Is this a virus or is it some legitimate program I've
#never experienced before?
#
#Peter Wayner   Department of Computer Science Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY 14850
#EMail:wayner@cs.cornell.edu    Office: 607-255-9202 or 255-1008
#Home: 116 Oak Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850  Phone: 607-277-6678

Take a look in the System Folder on this Mac. If you find a file called
StartUpScreen, take a look at it with MacPaint. This will probably show you
the devil in all its glory...

If you don't find StartUpScreen, *or* if it doesn't contain a devil you might
be in trouble.....

- --kees
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