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From: fitz@noao.edu (Mike Fitzpatrick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Virus help needed -- URGENT
Message-ID: <1990Sep7.062926.23448@noao.edu>
Date: 7 Sep 90 06:29:26 GMT
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Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA
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	A friend of mine seems to have come down with a virus for her
Mac in a sleazy back-alley software exchange that is now threatening to
ruin several months worth of work on her thesis.  The comp center has run 
SAM (sic?) on the affected floppy, which reports a virus is present, but she
is unable to rid her system of the thing.  I've snagged VirusDetective 4.0.2c
from the comp.binaries.mac group, but was hoping some kind netter could
provide me with any clues as to how to diagnose the problem, and preferrably
a program that can detect and eliminate the virus.  I'm fairly unfamiliar 
with Macs and the exact nature of her problem (I haven't actually sat at
the terminal yet), but was hoping for some informed opinions before I went
in and tried my hand at this.  Thanks in advance for any help.....

Mike Fitzpatrick
fitz@noao.edu
(602) 325-9387