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From: mason@hillst.dec.com (Explaining is not understanding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Viral false alarm...
Message-ID: <8805231149.AA16399@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 23 May 88 11:49:06 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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    I had an interesting experience over the weekend (I certainly hope you
    all did ;')  I was working on a friend's machine, and discovered
    what seemed to be a virus problem (via Virus Detective).  The symptom
    it found was a Code resource of 7306 bytes in length (why, I do
    not know).  After playing around I discovered that MacMoney, when
    on it's distribution floppy, tested OK.  When you copy to HD, it
    exhibits the above problem.  That was on version 2.03 - 3.01.01
    copies and shows no such signs.  Can anyone explain what VD thought
    it was seeing?  It would be nicew to eliminate the scare if it occurs
    again.
    
    Thanks,
    Gary