Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: XRJDM@SCFVM.BITNET (Joe McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Mac Virus Harmlessness Message-ID: <0005.9002081228.AA07034@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 7 Feb 90 21:32:24 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 10 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu It's interesting, but up until now, most viruses on the Mac have been "damageless" - the only reason the cause trouble is because of bugs and incompatabilities, not deliberately harmful code. nVIR, at worst, causes your Mac to beep in some cases (side effects are worse - crashes, hangs, printing failures). Perhaps we just haven't had the right (wrong?) people writing Mac viruses so far. Any ideas? --- Joe M.