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From: jcc@ut-emx.UUCP (J. Chris Cooley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Vaccine seems disabled (BY A VIRUS?)
Message-ID: <1687@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 88 12:30:46 GMT
References: <8804111443.AA03949@decwrl.dec.com>
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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In article <8804111443.AA03949@decwrl.dec.com>, hunt@rsts32.dec.com
(Phil Hunt) writes:
> Hello,

Greetings!

> Yes, I have been having troubles with Viruses too.
 [problem description deleted]
> Is it possible that Vaccine has been infected??

It is possible that the nVIR did somehow get around Vaccine's dubiously
watchful eye.  Vaccine's documentation itself mentions that there is no
absolute protection.

It is more than just probable that a vaccination program would draw the 
wrath of virus authors.  Not being a major project, well thought out and
the result of hundreds of hours of development time, Vaccine would be easy
to be "de-rezzed" (any TRON fans out there?) by a virus program.  More
often than not, viruses ARE of the scope of a major project.

> Phil Hunt

					--chris