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From: walkerb@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Brian Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Spectre and Viruses
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Date: 22 Mar 89 03:53:25 GMT
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In article <3917@druwy.ATT.COM> dlm@druwy.ATT.COM (Dan Moore) writes:
>	Most (maybe all) of the viruses on the Mac work just fine on the
>Spectre.  Dave even included a warning about Mac viruses in the latest
>Gagdgets by Small newsletter.
>
>	Sometimes I wish the Spectre was just a little less Mac
>compatible.  
>
From what I know of the Macintosh file system, there is really no way to
prevent infestation without losing compatibility.  The Mac is just begging
for viruses and many hackers are quite willing to oblige.  There are,
however, utilities designed to detect viruses.  They are in wide-spread use
on the CU Boulder campus since the Mac lab was plagued by the nvir virus during
the fall semester.

Brian Walker, University of Colorado at Boulder
walkerb@tramp.colorado.edu     ...!{ncar,nbires}!boulder!tramp!walkerb 
Q: What's the difference between a MacIntosh and an Etch-a-sketch?
A: You don't have to shake the Mac to clear the screen.