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From: rsfinn@neutron.lcs.mit.edu (Russell S. Finn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: virus? Finder wants res(sys) priveledges!
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.205243.3733@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 20:52:43 GMT
References: <1991Mar6.041652.1442@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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In article <1991Mar6.041652.1442@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) writes:
|> ... after
|> upgrading to system 6.0.7, Gatekeeper consistently complains that applications
|> are trying to violate res(sys) priveledges.  It seems to happen when they
|> try to access a printer driver.  Finder, Hypercard, all do this.  

This is a known problem with GateKeeper 1.1.1 and System 6.0.7; try
getting the latest version of Gatekeeper Aid (1.1) from the
appropriate archives (e.g. sumex-aim.stanford.edu), which incorporates
a "retroactive workaround" into GateKeeper to fix the problem.  (Or
switch to Disinfectant's INIT, which is what I do; it's nice to be
able to protect against new viruses, but in my experience the updates
to Disinfectant make it here long before the viruses do.  Disinfectant
INIT and Gatekeeper Aid work well together; Disinfectant INIT will
block WDEF/MDEF/CDEF style viruses, but Gatekeeper Aid automatically
removes them as well, which is handy given their virulent nature.)

-- Russell Finn
rsfinn@lcs.mit.edu