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From: dyker@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Barbara Dyker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Is there a virus in PUKE init?
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Date: 14 Apr 88 22:08:45 GMT
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There is a viscious rumor going around our company that PUKE init,
specifically, carries a destructive virus or ailment.  The nature of
the beast is said to to be a time bomb of sorts in that after x times
shutting down (eject all) the beast begins to randomly write to the
startup disk.

This has gone so far here as an official memorandum from management
to require the extradition of this resource.  Many of us, myself
included have become very fond of the resounding barfing sound when
ejecting disks.  I have examined PUKE init with ResEdit and have not
found anything suspicious.

If anyone has any info about possible problems with this resource,
please e-mail to me.

Thanx.


Barbara J. Dyker              {nbires,ncar,sunybcs,ucbcad,utah-cs}!boulder!dyker
working for *just* another              dyker@boulder.Colorado.EDU
aerospace company