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From: NDG503@csc1.anu.edu.au (Nick Guoth)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Grapes virus? (Mac)
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Date: 7 Jan 91 16:47:01 GMT
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Hi,

or should I say what is going on?

We are using MacFortran on some of our Macintoshs here and just over
the last few days, we seem to have contracted a strange virus or
something. Now I'm never confident about viruses affecting us here in
Australia as the protection software generally arrives before the
virus. What is happening is that the icons for the Fortran executable
files have turned into bunches of grapes.

Now it doesn't seem to harm the programs but it soon will become a
nuisance. We have SAM with all the latest virus definitions installed
on each of the Macs.

Can anyone tell me whether this is a virus or not, and if not what is
causing the problem.

Ta,

nick
ndg503@csc.anu.edu.au
"Happiness is a piece of fudge caught on the first bounce" - Snoopy