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From: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Mac Viruses: How long before...?
Message-ID: <380@biar.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 89 04:27:10 GMT
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In article <709@unocss.UUCP> dent@unocss.UUCP (Dave Caplinger) writes:
>How do you tell the difference between the various strains of nVIR?

The two strains of nVIR differ in the size of the CODE 256 resource.
From memory, one is 372 bytes long, the other 442.  Within each strain
are a number of varieties with minor differences.

>what are their functional differences?  (Some beep, some "Don't Panic" via

In general, not much at all.  No known nVIR virus is malevolent.  Most
do nothing.  Some attempt to speak or make sounds.

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