Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: biar!trebor@uunet.uu.net (Robert J Woodhead) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Implied Loader Viruses (Mac) Message-ID: <0006.9001121151.AA02343@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 11 Jan 90 22:50:24 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 15 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu XRJDM@SCFVM.BITNET (Joe McMahon) writes: >Any resource which appears to be of an executable type which is found >in a "non-application" file will be flagged as an "implied loader". I think this is VERY dangerous. How do you define what an "executable" file is? How about a Hypercard Stack? It is quite possible for a document to have a legal "executable" resource, and any false positive is going to result in the trashing of someone's data. - -- Robert J Woodhead, Biar Games, Inc. !uunet!biar!trebor | trebor@biar.UUCP Announcing TEMPORAL EXPRESS. For only $999,999.95 (per page), your message will be carefully stored, then sent back in time as soon as technologically possible. TEMEX - when it absolutely, postively has to be there yesterday!