Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: ROEBUCK@admin1.usask.ca (Terry (TR) Roebuck; 966-4841) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: mac virus(?) in school machines (Mac) Message-ID: <0004.9010101940.AA05706@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 5 Oct 90 22:08:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 17 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu Recently I was delivering a course to new mac users at a school in Swift Current (that's in Saskatchewan; in Canada - for those collecting strange city names). The school has 20 MAC+'s, with Seagate20MB external drives. All of the users are new to the mac - several had never even turned on their machines yet. I happened to bring Disinfectant 2.1 (I have 2.2 now thanks) with me, so I checked all of the hard disks. 7 of the 20 were infected with nVIR which was (accolades to the author(s?) of disinfectant) easily repaired. I post this since it shows how persuasive some viruses (viri?) can be; the typical users at that site would have *NEVER* thought about checking. (sigh) =============================================================================== Terry Roebuck; Computing Services; University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon (306) 966 4841 ---- it never rain's but it freezes --- roebuck@sask.usask.ca ===============================================================================