Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!marque!lakesys!macak From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hang due to floppy copy -- update Summary: If you have a virus, let others know! Message-ID: <466@lakesys.UUCP> Date: 15 Mar 89 15:19:02 GMT References: <581@salgado.stan.UUCP> <376@biar.UUCP> Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) Distribution: na Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lines: 32 In article <376@biar.UUCP> trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) writes: >In article <581@salgado.stan.UUCP> dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott) writes: >>Last night, I was downloading some new programs, and as the finder was >>rebuilding the desktop, it hung again. I rebooted, and every time the >>finder started trying to rebuild the desktop (whether I told it to or >>not), it would hang. >1) You were downloading programs. What does this suggest? >2) Why would the desktop need to be rebuilt after this? >This sounds suspiciously like a virus called ANTI from France. You >should take several steps to determine if this is so, immediately. (Lines from both messages deleted.) It might be good to add one point to the recommendations made by Mr. Woodhead: if you indeed _do_ find that a virus was causing these problems, please get in touch with the source of the suspect software (the stuff you were downloading that was likely carrying the virus) and warn them that a virus is present in those files. Not only should we safeguard ourselves against viruses, but if we engage in exchanging shareware/freeware for the Mac, we have an obligation to inform others if we know of a file that carries a virus. To know and not warn others is tantamount to speading the virus yourself... Jim -- Jim Macak