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From: pepke@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Im not quite dead yet (re: nVIR infection)
Message-ID: <744@loligo.cc.fsu.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 89 20:44:38 GMT
References: <197@wehi.dn.mu.oz> <2047@internal.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: pepke@loligo.UUCP (Eric Pepke)
Organization: Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
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In article <197@wehi.dn.mu.oz> jon@wehi.dn.mu.oz (Jon Eaves) writes:
> 1) nVIR is NON-malicious. It only infects applications, the system and 
> finder.

We had an attack of some strain of nVIR the other week.  NCSA Image, when
infected, crashed 100% of the time.

Sounds pretty malicious to me.

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