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From: XPUM04@prime-a.central-services.umist.ac.uk (Anthony Appleyard)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Possibly not a virus (Mac)
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Date: 1 Nov 90 09:18:04 GMT
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Re these messages in Virus-L vol 3:-
[New MacVirus?] 'little kitty-cat faces' in menu bars, then reboots     172
[Re: New MacVirus? (Mac)] I've had similar with old games on 13" screen 174
the 'kitty-cat face' funny may be [Possibly not a virus (Mac)]          175

More likely the 'little kitty-cat faces'  are  merely  the  #172  message's
sender's  informant's  first  impression  of  that graphical character that
often  crops  up  among  binary  junk  that   viruses   and   miscellaneous
malfunctions  send to screen, the common smileface. To appear in menu bars,
they would have to be only one character high, which is not  likely  for  a
picture of a cat as guessed by the #175 message.
{A.Appleyard} (email: APPLEYARD@UK.AC.UMIST), Thu, 01 Nov 90 09:02:48 GMT