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From: milton@ccu.umanitoba.ca (David A. Milton)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: possible macintosh virus (Mac)
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Date: 18 Jan 91 06:40:25 GMT
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>jade!brenda@jade.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Brenda Barabash) writes:
>>We are also experiencing problems with floppy disks appearing to be
>>locked when they aren't.  This is happening on both new disks and old
>>disks.  It's definitely got to be a virus.  If anyone knows which one
>>please let us know.

It definately does NOT have to be a virus! Are you using Virus
Blockade II?  This nifty little utility automatically locks ALL disks,
even after they have been formatted. It is also possible it to
configure it to leave the hard disk unlocked.

David A. Milton, University of Manitoba.