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From: pasrich@boole.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (Puneet Pasrich/;093091;eeugrad)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: nVIR-like resources... (Mac)
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Date: 9 Jan 91 22:55:51 GMT
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kevin@crash.cts.com (Kevin Hill) writes:
> I beleive that a way to "vaccinate" a Mac against nVir is to create a
>resource with the nVir type and when nVir tries to infect it, it bumps
>into the nVir resource already there and fails.
> If I am wrong, please correct me everyone.. Thanks.

You are correct in stating that you can "vaccinate" against the nVir
by creating dummy resources and pasting them into each application.
However, this will not be met with a favorable response from your
favorite anti-viral program.  I'd recommend not creating these dummy
resources, unless for whatever reason, you are not allowed to use a
program like Disinfectant or SAM.

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