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From: dpg@cs.nott.ac.uk (Dave Gymer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Mouse Virus
Message-ID: <1991May20.083250.29660@cs.nott.ac.uk>
Date: 20 May 91 08:32:50 GMT
References: <91135.161802NCOYNE@ESOC.BITNET> <a1R121w164w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
Organization: Nottingham University
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In article <a1R121w164w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget) writes:
>NCOYNE@ESOC.BITNET writes:
>> Listen I ve got the dreaded mouse pointer reversal virus. I need to
>> stamp out this beasty.
>
>Okay:
>
>     (1) Re-Boot your system with no disk in the disk drive.
>     (2) When you get to GEM, format a disk.  Use this to boot from now
>         on.

Add a step:
(2a) write-protect this disk. It never hurts to be cautious.

>     (3) Call a BBS, or download from atari.archives, a Virus Killer.  
>         Use the program on all of your disks.
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