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From: bell@Apple.COM (Mike Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: A new virus?!
Message-ID: <50524@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 20 Mar 91 16:58:42 GMT
References: <1991Mar20.054451.12095@engin.umich.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991Mar20.054451.12095@engin.umich.edu> zinder2500@engin.umich.edu (Michael Robert Attan) writes:
>I think I may have found a new virus, but am not sure.  Here's what my
>computer is doing:
>
>After leaving my mac running for about 8 hours, regardless of weather or no
>a program is running, my system suddenly bombs with an "Out of Memory" error.
>This happens without fail.  My question is this: Does anyone know of a
>program I can run in the background that will keep a window open showing
>what applications are currently taking up what memory?  That way, I can
>at least find out which program is stealing away those precious bytes.
>
>thanks,
>-Michael Attan
>
><please send correspondence to   zinder2500@aal.itd.umich.edu     >



   A combination of On Location and old versions of Handoff II can cause this
problem...system memory keeps getting eaten until the system finally crashes.






			Mike