Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: jbotz@MHC.bitnet Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: nVIR A infects Disinfectant? (Mac) Message-ID: <0001.9012171526.AA00375@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 13 Dec 90 19:25:29 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 16 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I had an nVIR A infection here, which disinfectant repaired successfully, but after scanning the disk it reported that it (Disinfectant 2.4) had gotten infected itself, and that I should replace it from a backup. How- ever, subsequent scans of Disinfectant (self-scans, so to speak) reported no infection. The virus was in a copy of MacWrite on a students floppy disk... and as far as I know nVIR A only spreads when an infected app- lication gets executed, no? Also, I'm running Gatekeeper, which did not report any attacks... Has anyone seen this behavior? What should I make of it? ___________________________ Jurgen Botz, Academic Software Consultant Academic Computing internet: JBotz@MHC.bitnet Mount Holyoke College Compuserve: 70531,600 South Hadley, MA 01075 Voice: 413-538-2375