Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!uunet!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: CANDERSO@uga.cc.uga.edu (Christopher T. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: re: help with mac "virus"? (Mac) Message-ID: <0002.9105071330.AA00939@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 6 May 91 15:45:55 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 33 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu > recently, we've come across a problem with one of the macs in our lab. > we really don't know if it's a virus or not, but it does act something > like one. anyway, here are the symptoms: > > - - the mac has a 40 meg hard disk > - - there is only about 16 meg of software installed > - - both the finder and mactools report 38 meg used, 2 meg free > - - disinfectant can't find anything, and neither can virus detective > - - there are no hidden files anywhere on the disk (if there are, neither > mactools nor resedit can find them) > - - the "virus" hasn't spread to any of our other macs > > what we really want to know is: is this some sort of new virus, or is > our mac just confused?" This problem is not necessarilt indicative of a virus, but an otherwise corrupted Directory (or possibly Desktop). You could try rebuilding your Desktop, but probably should defrag/optimize the drive. This would rebuild your directory. For this I reccomend Disk Express II, it has always worked wonders for me. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Christopher T. Anderson (Chris) Mail Address: Computer Services Annex Electronic Addresses: University of Georgia Bitnet: CAnderso@uga Athens, GA 30602 Internet: CAnderso@uga.cc.uga.edu Telephone: Work (404) 542-5162 EasyLink: 74730.3306@compuserv.com Home (404) 549-8958 America Online: CTAnderson C A R P E D I E M ! ! ! - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------