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From: lefty@TWG.COM (David N. Schlesinger)
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Subject: Re: More about WDEF (Mac)
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Date: 9 Feb 90 18:38:40 GMT
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wcpl_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Wing Leung) writes:
> I've found some WDEF resource code in system version 6.0.3.  Please tell me
> more about this resource code.

WDEF is, in fact, the signature of a standard resource type: the
"W"indow "DEF"inition porcedure resource.  The WDEF _virus_ is
distinguished by being a resource of type WDEF in the invisible file
"Desktop" in the root directory of a volume.

Hope this helps...

Lefty

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