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From: lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Virus Detective
Message-ID: <10603@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 89 23:11:19 GMT
Reply-To: lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum)
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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I downloaded Virus Detective 2.1.1 yesterday and had the following 
unpleasant experience:

I have a Mac Plus, 2.5 Meg memory, Hyperdrive HD, external 800K floppy
drive.

INITS and CDEVs: SUM INITs, Suitcase, SFVolInit, Moire, Application Menu,
Backdrop

I decided to remove VD from my system and use Suitcase to handle it instead.  So I
first removed VD (under Multifinder).

I copied VD to the hard disk and opened it under Suitcase.  After checking a few
files on the hard disk, I attempted to check a floppy and clicked on the "Drive"
button of the VD Dialog box.  The system immediately froze (there was a disk in
the external floppy); i.e. the mouse did not move, etc.  I rebooted.

Suitcase did not load.  I installed VD into my System file and tried it again.
This time I clicked on "Drive" and waited to insert a floppy in the internal
floppy drive until the open dialog box appeared.  As soon as I inserted the floppy
the system froze again.  I rebooted

Still no Suitcase.  Now I inserted a floppy while at the desltop and the system
froze.  I rebooted using a virgin System 6.0.2 startup disk and reinstalled the
system into my hard disk and rebooted.

Suitcase still did not come up.  But the freezing problem was gone.  I reinstalled
Suitcase and reopened the DAs and Fonts I wanted.

At this point my floppy drives were working normally.  I decided to test it one
more time, so I used VD again and clicked on "Drive".  Bingo!  It froze again.

[If you study the above sequence, you will see that VD was NOT being handled by
Suitcase this time, i.e. it was still in my system]

I rebooted the virgin 6.0.2 system and reinstalled and things are back to normal,
as far as I can tell.  Of course, the system may freeze again, but I was not
having any such problems when I finished last night.  Until this behavior repeats
itself, I will not use VD.  This is too bad, since I consider it quite useful.

Has anyone else had similar problems?

Comments?

-- 
Larry Baum
Advanced Technology Center              
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