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From: botteron@bu-it.bu.edu (Carol J. Botteron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Virus?  "Smilies Document"
Keywords: virus smilies document macwrite
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Date: 2 Mar 90 17:08:24 GMT
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Reply-To: botteron@bu-it.bu.edu (Carol J. Botteron)
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    Help!  Wednesday evening 2/28 I discovered that my MacWrite 4.5
documents were suddenly listed as "Smilies Document" instead of
"MacWrite Document." When I tried to open them I got a "no
application" message.  Documents saved as text can still be opened by
McSink.  Being inexperienced I trashed that folder and tried to
restore it from a backup disk, but the documents on the backup disk
changed to "Smilies" too.
    
About 10 days earlier I had installed System 6.04, a copy obtained
from a friend who just bought a Mac II.  (Mine is an old SE.)  I
haven't reached him and don't know if he has this problem.  The only
other new software I remember using in the past few months is the
Nisus demo disk.  (Of course this virus or whatever may have lain
dormant for a year or two.)
    
Has anyone else run into this problem?  Any fixes or other advice?
Thanks in advance for any help.  Please email if possible; I'll
summarize if there is interest.