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From: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: WDEF virus:  Am I immune?
Message-ID: <1309@smurf.ira.uka.de>
Date: 17 Dec 89 15:58:37 GMT
References: <4249@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Reply-To: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.sys.mac vallon@sboslab15.cs.sunysb.edu (Justin Vallon) writes:
< If the WDEF virus moves from disk to disk in Desktop files, then isn't using
< the Desktop Manager effectively giving me a vaccination for any attempt
< at spreading the WDEF virus?
< 
No.

The DT Manager is only used with volumes > 1.4 MB. On floppies, the Finder
still uses the old method. So WDEF _can_ spread onto your system.

Since I know next to nothing about WDEF, I don't know if it will survive the
next restart of your Mac, or if you change floppies. Don't risk it.

-- 
Matthias Urlichs