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From: IPBR400@INDYCMS.BITNET (Pat Ralston)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: HyperCard virus --should I wait to script? (Mac)
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Date: 26 Apr 91 19:07:19 GMT
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I use HyperCard frequently and am not happy to see that there is a
HyperCard viurs on the loose.

Since there have been several comments on the HyperCard anti-virus
script recently which say in general ..."this won't/may not work", I
am not confident that I want to enter this script in my Home Stack.
In fact I have more than one Home Stack because I have customized
several Home Stacks for the specific uses I make of my stacks.

I have found John Norstad to be very responsive in the past when new
Mac viruses developed.  John, are you working on this one too?  Or
does anyone else know if the Disinfectant virus checking software is
being updated to include the HyperCard virus?

If that is the case I'll wait rather than script something into my
Home Stack that I may not really want there.

I do appreciate the work that Mike went to in trying to give us all a
script to defend against the virus.  And I am sure that many Mac users
are grateful for the work that has been done to give us Disinfectant.

Pat Ralston
IUPUI   Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis