Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: ntg!slandrum@apple.com (Stephen Landrum) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Is virus infection by inserting floppy disk possible? (PC) (Mac) Message-ID: <0002.9104191405.AA11080@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 18 Apr 91 18:56:18 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 19 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu CAH0@gte.com (Chuck Hoffman) writes: > [ ... ] WDEF is >benign, and is easily deleted, [ ... ] The Hitchiker's Guide to Computer Virii entry for the WDEF virus is "Benign". Ford Prefect and I would like to change the entry to "Mostly Benign". :-) We have a lot of Mac IIci's at work, and there is a bug in WDEF (yea, a bug in a virus :-) ) that causes it to crash the IIci when a disk with WDEF on it is inserted in the floppy drive. Fortunately, this flaw means it never gets installed on the IIci, but it can be frustrating if you don't have some INIT installed that catches WDEF and removes it before it crashes the machine. - -- Stephen H. Landrum VOICE: (415) 813-8909 UUCP: ...apple!ntg!slandrum USNAIL: New Technologies Group Inc. 2468 Embarcardero Way, Palo Alto CA 94303