Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: st871184@pip.cc.brandeis.edu Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Mac virii & System 7.0 (Mac) Message-ID: <0007.9101241627.AA14372@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 23 Jan 91 04:13:53 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 23 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I hope this hasn't been discussed already, but I'm curious about the net world's thoughts about what will happen to all the viruses (Virii) we know and hate when system 7.0 comes out (in the first quarter of 1991?) I had a couple of thoughts (based on no evidence whatsoever) of what might happen, ranging from the hopeful to the nightmarish. If anyone (like anti-virus authors?) has been playing with 7.0 beta versions and viruses, I think the net world would be interested in your wisdom. (Wishful thinking) System 7 will be so different that existing viruses will not be able to spread, but neither will they cause any problems at all. The current crop of viruses (excepting WDEF) will not spread, because they will immediately cause infected applications to crash. Viruses will spread, but will frequently cause System 7 to crash. Obviously, I've simplified things a bit (mainly because I am not a mac guru by any means), but I still think that the subject is one we should worry about after we finish worrying about _when_ system 7 comes along. Jeremy (internet address: st871184@pip.cc.brandeis.edu)