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From: dplatt@ntg.com (Dave Platt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: VIRUS
Message-ID: <548@goblin.ntg.com>
Date: 18 May 91 19:58:38 GMT
References: <198900010@peg> <198900011@peg>
Organization: New Technologies Group, Inc.  Palo Alto CA
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In article <198900011@peg> pkane@peg.UUCP writes:

>The "virus" problem I am seeing seems to be a difference between
>the way Finder and MultiFinder handles print requests in System
>6.07.

Correct.  Something changed in 6.0.7.  It hasn't ever been documented
properly.

>The solution seems to be to either just run MultiFinder or to
>enable Sys(Res) requests for all applications which need to print.
>I think I'll only enable requests where I have to and wait for
>System 7. I am informed it is like running MultiFinder
>continuously.

There are a couple of better solutions:

-  Upgrade to Gatekeeper 1.2, recently posted to various archives (it'll
   be around on the comp.binaries.mac geetar before too long, I
   imagine).  Gatekeeper 1.2 is aware of the 6.0.7 behavior, and doesn't
   sound the alarm.

-  Install the current (pre-1.2) Gatekeeper Aid with your copy of
   Gatekeeper 1.1.1.  Gatekeeper Aid modifies Gatekeeper 1.1.1 to avoid the
   problem. 

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