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From: c60a-3ez@web-3f.berkeley.edu (Cyrus Harmon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Transfers and Viruses
Keywords: virus transfer
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Date: 17 Nov 88 02:17:43 GMT
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I am a programmer for a lab in San Francisco and we obtained a
60 Meg tape backup from CMS.  The thing works fine but the problem is
that our system somehow became infected with Scores.  Using interferon
and ResEdit I was able to wipe out the infection, but now the tape backup
program won't run properly.  So, I looked at the original disk and
found that it is COMPLETELY infected.  So, it appears that since I
just copied the tape backup program onto our hard disk and didn't
use the floppy for much of anything, CMS is the source of the
virus.  If I can prove that the last modification of the system
took place before I purchased program can CMS be held responsible
for the damage to our system and the time that it took to rid the
system of the virus?  Has anyone else had similar problems with
CMS?

Also, I would appreciate if someone could mail something on how
to properly transfer files from unix to the mac.  I use
the unix systems at UCB and would like to be able to ftp programs
from remote sites, save them at UCB then transfer them to a MAC
with a 1200 bps modem.  Thanks.

	-Cyrus Harmon
	-c60a-3ez@web-3e.berkeley.edu